Biomarker proxies for reconstructing Quaternary climate and environmental change

EL McClymont, H Mackay… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To reconstruct past environmental changes, a range of indirect or proxy approaches can be
applied to Quaternary archives. Here, we review the complementary and novel insights that …

Effect of salinity on the preservation of plant-derived n-alkyl compounds in the terrestrial-aquatic interface

S Samantaray, P Sanyal - Organic Geochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
In sediments, plant biomolecules (n-alkanes and fatty acids) serve as robust proxies in
paleoenvironmental studies. Although the factors controlling preservation and isotopic …

[HTML][HTML] Species and biosynthetic effects cause uncorrelated variation in oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions of plant organic compounds

J Baan, M Holloway-Phillips, DB Nelson… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Strong variation in plant organic compound δ 2 H and δ 18 O values such as leaf waxes or
cellulose among species is commonly observed; however, the extent to which this isotopic …

Mid and late Holocene climate changes recorded by biomarkers in the sediments of Lake Gouchi and their relationship with the cultural evolution of northern Shaanxi

R Yang, A Zhou, H Zhang, L Chen… - Progress in …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The climatic and environmental characteristics of the Holocene are much debated,
especially the occurrence of a climatic optimum in the mid-Holocene and the interactions …

A Comparison Study on the δD Value of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Hydrous Pyrolysate of Herbaceous Peat with Different Water Medium

Y Duan, Y Wu, L Xing, Y Wu, Y Zhao… - Acta Geologica …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate the influence of diagenetic water media on the hydrogen isotopes of
individual sedimentary aromatic compounds, a series of hydrous pyrolyses were conducted …