Terrestrial plant biomarkers and their carbon isotopes provide insights into carbon cycling,
paleovegetation and paleoclimate, ranging in scale from local to global. Over the past …

Kerogen, commonly defined as the insoluble macromolecular organic matter (OM)
dispersed in sedimentary rocks, is by far the most abundant form of OM on Earth. This fossil …

The burial of organic matter (OM) in marine sediments represents the major link between
“active” surface pools of carbon in the oceans, atmosphere, on land, and in marine …

For more than a decade I have taught a graduate-level course in marine sediment
geochemistry that covers many of the topics discussed in this book. The goal now is to …

The present paper is the result of a workshop sponsored by the DFG Research
Center/Cluster of Excellence MARUM" The Ocean in the Earth System", the International …

Organic compounds of known biological origin (biomarkers) and preserved in marine
sediments have commonly been used to develop proxy records for past climate. While …

An ammonia-oxidizing, carbon-fixing archaeon, Candidatus “Nitrosopumilus maritimus,”
recently was isolated from a salt-water aquarium, definitively confirming that …

Large rivers connect the continents and the oceans, and corresponding material fluxes have
a global impact on marine biogeochemistry. The Yellow River transports vast quantities of …

The composition and distribution of aliphatic (n-alkanes) and polyaromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) were measured for the surface sediments collected at 25 sites from Jiaozhou Bay …

Compound-specific Δ14C values are reported for 31 different lipid biomarker molecules
obtained from Santa Monica Basin and Santa Barbara Basin surface sediments. These …