Exploring different methodological approaches to unlock paleobiodiversity in peat profiles using ancient DNA

I Fracasso, C Zaccone, N Oskolkov, L Da Ros… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Natural and human-induced environmental changes deeply affected terrestrial ecosystems
throughout the Holocene. Paleoenvironmental reconstructions provide information about the …

Late-Holocene environment evolution revealed by multi-proxy analyses of peat sequence in the Sawuer Mountains, northern Xinjiang of China

D Zhang, Z Xu, Q Liu, Y Li, J Duan, J Liu - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sawuer Mountains, located in the western Junggar Basin within northern
Xinjiang of China, are considered as a distinct watershed between the Xinjiang inland water …

Constraints on hopanes and brGDGTs as pH proxies in peat

V Schaaff, V Grossi, M Makou, Y Garcin… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract pH is one of the major parameters governing peat functioning, and pH variations in
modern peatlands affect carbon and methane production and consumption. Paleo-pH …

Biomarker carbon and hydrogen isotopes reveal changing peatland vegetation, hydroclimate and biogeochemical tipping points

RD Pancost - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Molecular fossils (biomarkers) are frequently used to reconstruct climate and environmental
conditions across a range of timescales and in nearly every sedimentary archive. Over the …

Impact of paleohydrological conditions on wetland organic carbon accumulation in the monsoon-arid transition zone of North China during the Holocene

G Yang, X Yang, Y Wang, X Huang - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Wetlands rich in carbon are important ecosystems for storing organic carbon, with their
carbon storage capacity closely linked to water levels. Therefore, it is valuable to explore the …

Aquatic plants dominate the sources of long-chain n-alkanes in floodplain lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River

X Yu, M Zhang, G Yang, L Zeng, X Chen, X Lü… - Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
It has been generally accepted that long-chain n-alkanes found in lacustrine sequences are
mainly derived from terrestrial plants, which is the basis for tracking paleoenvironmental …

Distribution and isotopic compositions of n-alkanes and n-alkenes in the cryoconites from the Tibetan Plateau glaciers

Q Li, S Kang, S Wang, N Wang, X Wu, W Sajjad… - Journal of …, 2024 - cambridge.org
In the current study, cryoconite samples were collected from six glaciers on the Tibetan
Plateau to analyze n-alkanes and n-alkenes. The findings revealed that the concentrations …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid biomarkers in high mountain lakes from the Cantabrian range (Northern Spain): Coupling the interplay between natural and anthropogenic drivers

JE Ortiz, Y Sánchez-Palencia, I López-Cilla… - Anthropocene, 2024 - Elsevier
The lipid content of a high mountain lake (Lake Isoba) allowed the reconstruction of the
paleoenvironmental changes and anthropic influence in Northern Spain during the last 550 …

Lipid biomarkers in high mountain lakes from the Cantabrian range (Northern Spain): Coupling the interplay between natural and anthropogenic drivers

JE Ortiz Menéndez, Y Sánchez Palencia, I López Cilla… - 2024 - docta.ucm.es
The lipid content of a high mountain lake (Lake Isoba) allowed the reconstruction of the
paleoenvironmental changes and anthropic influence in Northern Spain during the last 550 …