Calibration of modern sedimentary δ2H plant wax-water relationships in Greenland lakes

JM McFarlin, Y Axford, AL Masterson… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sedimentary plant wax distributions and isotopic compositions are powerful, widely applied
paleoenvironmental proxies. However, there is conflicting evidence on the behavior of these …

Factors controlling the deuterium contents of sedimentary hydrocarbons

AL Sessions - Organic Geochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
The hydrogen isotopic compositions of sedimentary hydrocarbon molecules are now being
used to address a range of scientific questions, from paleoclimate to environmental …

Leaf wax n-alkane distributions in and across modern plants: Implications for paleoecology and chemotaxonomy

RT Bush, FA McInerney - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
Long chain (C 21 to C 37) n-alkanes are among the most long-lived and widely utilized
terrestrial plant biomarkers. Dozens of studies have examined the range and variation of n …

Influence of temperature and C4 abundance on n-alkane chain length distributions across the central USA

RT Bush, FA McInerney - Organic Geochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
The distributions of long chain n-alkanes are often utilized as plant-derived
paleoenvironmental proxies. However, there is debate regarding the degree to which …

Reconstructing C3 and C4 vegetation cover using n-alkane carbon isotope ratios in recent lake sediments from Cameroon, Western Central Africa

Y Garcin, E Schefuß, VF Schwab, V Garreta… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Trees and shrubs in tropical Africa use the C 3 cycle as a carbon fixation pathway during
photosynthesis, while grasses and sedges mostly use the C 4 cycle. Leaf-wax lipids from …

Leaf wax composition and carbon isotopes vary among major conifer groups

AF Diefendorf, AB Leslie, SL Wing - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Leaf waxes (eg n-alkanes, n-alkanoic acids) and their carbon isotopes (δ 13 C) are
commonly used to track past changes in the carbon cycle, water availability, and plant …

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Pure n-Alkanes and Their Mixtures at Elevated Temperatures Using Atomistic and Coarse-Grained Force Fields

KD Papavasileiou, LD Peristeras, A Bick… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The properties of higher n-alkanes and their mixtures is a topic of significant interest for the
oil and chemical industry. However, the experimental data at high temperatures are scarce …

Plant leaf wax biomarkers capture gradients in hydrogen isotopes of precipitation from the Andes and Amazon

SJ Feakins, LP Bentley, N Salinas, A Shenkin… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Plant leaf waxes have been found to record the hydrogen isotopic composition of
precipitation and are thus used to reconstruct past climate. To assess how faithfully they …

Hydrogen isotopes of n-alkanes and n-alkanoic acids as tracers of precipitation in a temperate forest and implications for paleorecords

EJ Freimuth, AF Diefendorf, TV Lowell - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
The hydrogen isotopic composition of leaf waxes (δD wax) primarily reflects that of plant
source water. Therefore, sedimentary δD wax records are increasingly used to reconstruct …

Photosynthetic diffusional constraints affect yield in drought stressed rice cultivars during flowering

M Lauteri, M Haworth, R Serraj, MC Monteverdi… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Global production of rice (Oryza sativa) grain is limited by water availability and the low 'leaf-
level'photosynthetic capacity of many cultivars. Oryza sativa is extremely susceptible to …