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 …

Paleoaltimetry performance of coupled δ2Hwax-MBT5ME′ proxy in semiarid conditions

J Liu, Z An, L Zhang, J Zhao, X Li, S Ye… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The multi-proxy approach is becoming an effective means to reduce uncertainties and errors
compared to the single proxy approach. In this study, we investigated leaf wax biomarker …

Occurrence characteristics and source appointment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and n-alkanes over the past 100 years in southwest China

Y Chen, Y Wang, K Yu, Z Zhao, X Lang - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The extensive anthropogenic activities and their potential impacts during the Anthropocene
have led to a research focus on the sedimentary record. In the present study, the occurrence …

Abundance and distribution of plant derived leaf waxes (long chain n-alkanes & fatty acids) from lake surface sediments along the west coast of southern South …

S Contreras, JP Werne, A Araneda, E Tejos… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Southern South America is the only large landmass that extends through the core of
the Southern Westerly Winds (SWW), controlling hydrological and ecosystem variability in …

Modern constraints on the sources and climate signals recorded by sedimentary plant waxes in west Greenland

H Dion-Kirschner, JM McFarlin, AL Masterson… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
The hydrogen isotopic composition (δ 2 H values) of plant waxes preserved in the
sedimentary record is a useful proxy for past hydroclimate, but a number of known biological …

Leaf wax hydrogen isotopes as a hydroclimate proxy in the tropical Pacific

SN Ladd, AE Maloney, DB Nelson… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen isotope ratios of sedimentary leaf waxes (δ2HWax values) are increasingly used
to reconstruct past hydroclimate. Here, we add δ2HWax values from 19 lakes and four …

Water depth control on n-alkane distribution and organic carbon isotope in mid-latitude Asian lakes

J Jiang, B Meng, H Liu, H Wang, M Kolpakova… - Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The relative proportion of mid-chain to long chain n-alkane homologues and isotopic
compositions of total organic carbon (P aq and δ 13 C org) have been proposed as potential …

Plant type effect overweighs seasonal variation in n-alkanoic acid biomarker on regional Loess Plateau of China

J Liu, SN Ladd, J Zhao, D Yan, D He, Y Cao… - Science China Earth …, 2024 - Springer
The effect of plant type on n-alkane biomarker has been widely studied, but the influence of
plant type on n-alkanoic acids (n-FAs) has received less attention. Understanding the effect …

Tracking the southern hemisphere westerlies during and since the last glacial maximum with multiproxy lake records from the Falkland Islands (52° S)

M Spoth, B Hall, T Lowell, AF Diefendorf… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southern Hemisphere Westerlies (SHW) and their linkages with key ocean and
atmospheric processes have the potential to drive abrupt climate change. The westerlies …

Seasonality of the altitude effect on leaf wax n-alkane distributions, hydrogen and carbon isotopes along an arid transect in the Qinling Mountains

J Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Reconstructing paleoelevation allows the temporal evolution of biogeochemical processes
and hydroclimate regimes to be understood and quantified. A dual-isotope biomarker of …