Calibrating bacterial tetraether distributions towards in situ soil temperature and application to a loess-paleosol sequence

H Wang, Z An, H Lu, Z Zhao, W Liu - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) produced by soil-dwelling bacteria
offer a promising tool for reconstructing terrestrial temperatures. However, in most previous …

Correlation between the ratio of 5-methyl hexamethylated to pentamethylated branched GDGTs (HP5) and water depth reflects redox variations in stratified lakes

Y Yao, J Zhao, RS Vachula, JP Werne, J Wu… - Organic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are potentially valuable biomarkers
for paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental studies. However, multiple factors controlling their …

Calibrating branched GDGTs in bones to temperature and precipitation: Application to Alaska chronological sequences

J Zhao, Y Huang, Y Yao, Z An, Y Zhu, H Lu… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Our recent study suggests that branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in
ancient bones may have great potential for reconstructing in-situ paleoclimate conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Predominance of hexamethylated 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in the Mariana Trench: source and environmental implication

W Xiao, Y Wang, Y Liu, X Zhang, L Shi, Y Xu - Biogeosciences, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are useful molecular indicators for
organic carbon (OC) sources and the paleoenvironment. Their application in marine …

Soil and air temperature calibrations using branched GDGTs for the Tropical Andes of Colombia: Toward a pan‐tropical calibration

LC Pérez‐Angel, J Sepúlveda, P Molnar… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are bacterial cell membrane lipids
that, when preserved in sedimentary archives, can be used to infer continental …

Links between microbial biomass and necromass components in the top-and subsoils of temperate grasslands along an aridity gradient

X Zhang, G Dai, T Ma, N Liu, H Hu, W Ma, JB Zhang… - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial carbon has recently been highlighted to play a key role in the formation and
persistence of soil organic carbon, bearing significant implications for regulating ecosystem …

Soil pH dominates the distributions of both 5‐and 6‐methyl branched tetraethers in arid regions

Y Duan, Q Sun, JP Werne, H Yang, J Jia… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (brGDGT)‐based indices are increasingly used
for quantitative mean annual air temperature (MAAT) and soil pH reconstructions. However …

Sedimentary core brGDGTs in the East China Sea are mainly produced in situ as evidenced by their similar distributions with brGDGTs derived from intact polar lipids

J Cao, X Duan, X Jin, E Lian, P Yin, L Li, G Jia - Organic Geochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The provenance of brGDGTs in marine sediments was initially thought to be from terrestrial
soils, and hence brGDGTs-based proxies have been used for reconstructing terrestrial …

Cyclisation degree of tetramethylated brGDGTs in marine environments and its implication for source identification

J Zhang, Z Yu, G Jia - Global and Planetary Change, 2020 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are ubiquitous in marine
environments. Nevertheless, it is unclear whether these brGDGTs are derived from terrestrial …

Paleoclimatic reconstruction and the response of carbonate minerals during the past 8000 years over the northeast Tibetan Plateau

L Han, Y Li, X Liu, H Yang - Quaternary International, 2020 - Elsevier
The climatic significance of the carbonate content and composition of lake sediments
remains unclear. In this study, we analyzed the glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers and …