Holocene thermal maximum mode versus the continuous warming mode: Problems of data-model comparisons and future research prospects

F Chen, Y Duan, S Hao, J Chen, X Feng, J Hou… - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
The Holocene, the most recent interglacial, provides an important time window for
evaluating current global warming and predicting future temperature changes. With the …

Calibrating bacterial tetraether distributions towards in situ soil temperature and application to a loess-paleosol sequence

H Wang, Z An, H Lu, Z Zhao, W Liu - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) produced by soil-dwelling bacteria
offer a promising tool for reconstructing terrestrial temperatures. However, in most previous …

The production of diverse brGDGTs by an Acidobacterium providing a physiological basis for paleoclimate proxies

Y Chen, F Zheng, H Yang, W Yang, R Wu, X Liu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial lipid biomarkers preserved in geological archives can be used to explore past
climate changes. Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are unique …

Occurrence and abundance of 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in soils: Implications for palaeoclimate reconstruction

C De Jonge, EC Hopmans, CI Zell, JH Kim… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
The distribution of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in soils has been
shown to correlate with the soil pH and the mean annual air temperature (MAT). This has …

Evidence of moisture control on the methylation of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in semi-arid and arid soils

X Dang, H Yang, BDA Naafs, RD Pancost… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
The distribution of bacterial branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) is
influenced by growth temperature and pH. This results in the widespread application of the …

800-kyr land temperature variations modulated by vegetation changes on Chinese Loess Plateau

H Lu, W Liu, H Yang, H Wang, Z Liu, Q Leng… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The complicity of long-term land surface temperature (LST) changes has been under
investigated and less understood, hindering our understanding of the history and …

Variations in dissolved O2 in a Chinese lake drive changes in microbial communities and impact sedimentary GDGT distributions

J Wu, H Yang, RD Pancost, BDA Naafs, S Qian… - Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) are widespread but unique membrane-
spanning lipids of many Archaea and some Bacteria. However, their specific biological …

Transition from a warm and dry to a cold and wet climate in NE China across the Holocene

Y Zheng, RD Pancost, BDA Naafs, Q Li, Z Liu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Northeast (NE) China lies in the northernmost part of the East Asian Summer monsoon
(EASM) region. Although a series of Holocene climatic records have been obtained from …

The 6-methyl branched tetraethers significantly affect the performance of the methylation index (MBT′) in soils from an altitudinal transect at Mount Shennongjia

H Yang, X Lü, W Ding, Y Lei, X Dang, S **e - Organic Geochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
The methylation index (MBT or MBT′) of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers
(brGDGTs) in soils along altitudinal transects of some mountains, eg Mount (Mt.) …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarker-based quantitative constraints on maximal soil-derived brGDGTs in modern lake sediments

H Wang, W Chen, H Zhao, Y Cao, J Hu, Z Zhao… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are emerging as a powerful tool for
quantifying past terrestrial temperature variations. In lake sediments, mixed lacustrine vs …