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 …

Hydroxy fatty acids in the surface earth system

W Zhang, W Hu, Q Zhu, M Niu, N An, Y Feng… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lipids are ubiquitous and highly abundant in a wide range of organisms and have been
found in various types of environmental media. These molecules play a crucial role as …

Molecular dynamics simulations support the hypothesis that the brGDGT paleothermometer is based on homeoviscous adaptation

BDA Naafs, ASF Oliveira, AJ Mulholland - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are bacterial membrane lipids that
are ubiquitous in the environment. Although the exact source organism is unknown, the …

Contributions of the Yangtze River and Yellow River to terrestrial organic carbon deposition in the Yangtze River Estuary during the last 700 years

Y Yang, C Gao, KA Yamoah, X Lü, X Ruan, H Yang… - Marine Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Terrestrial organic carbon (OC) could be transported to marginal oceans by large rivers and
deposited under different hydrological conditions. A mixture of the fresh & lithospheric OC …

Influence of environmental parameters on the distribution of bacterial lipids in soils from the French Alps: Implications for paleo-reconstructions

P Véquaud, S Derenne, C Anquetil, S Collin… - Organic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are a family of bacterial lipids
widely used for temperature and pH reconstructions in terrestrial settings. 3-hydroxy fatty …

Global calibration of novel 3-hydroxy fatty acid based temperature and pH proxies

C Wang, JA Bendle, H Yang, Y Yang… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydroxy fatty acids (3-OH-FAs), derived from Gram-negative bacterial outer membranes,
have received recent attention for their potential as new terrestrial pH and temperature …

Appraisal of paleoclimate indices based on bacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acids in 20 Chinese alkaline lakes

Y Yang, C Wang, JA Bendle, Z Luo, X Dang, J Xue… - Organic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Bacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acids (3-OH-FAs) show potential for terrestrial paleoclimate
reconstruction; however, the possibility of using 3-OH-FAs as proxies in lacustrine …

ENSO modulates soil organic carbon retention and deposition in the East China Sea

Y Yang, C Wang, J Bendle, X Lü, X Ruan, S Xie - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurately quantifying the contribution of terrestrial soil organic carbon (SOC) in marine
environment is still a challenge. Moreover, reassessing the effect of climate change on SOC …

The influence of Gram-negative bacterial community on the distribution of 3-OH-FAs in soils

T Zeng, C Wang, Z Li, J Bendle, Y Yang, S Xie - Chemical Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Microorganisms and associated membrane lipids exhibit a remarkable sensitivity to ambient
environmental fluctuations, rendering them invaluable for deciphering changes in the past …

Development of a novel sea surface temperature proxy based on bacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acids

Z Dong, Y Yang, C Wang, JA Bendle, X Ruan… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Gram-negative bacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acids (3-OH-FAs) have received recent attention for
their potential as palaeoclimate proxies. A novel temperature proxy, the ratio of anteiso to …