The organic geochemistry of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids: A review

S Schouten, EC Hopmans, JSS Damsté - Organic geochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids are membrane lipids which were long
thought to be synthesized mainly by archaea, organisms thought to be limited to extreme …

A review of molecular organic proxies for examining modern and ancient lacustrine environments

IS Castañeda, S Schouten - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Molecular organic geochemical proxies are increasingly being utilized to reconstruct past
environmental conditions as new tools continue to be discovered and developed. To date …

Reversed Holocene temperature–moisture relationship in the Horn of Africa

AJ Baxter, D Verschuren, F Peterse, DG Miralles… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change is predicted to severely impact the global hydrological cycle,
particularly in tropical regions where agriculture-based economies depend on monsoon …

A global Bayesian temperature calibration for lacustrine brGDGTs

P Martínez-Sosa, JE Tierney, IC Stefanescu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite widespread use of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) for
paleo-temperature reconstruction, no global calibration for their application in lakes has …

Identification of a protein responsible for the synthesis of archaeal membrane-spanning GDGT lipids

Z Zeng, H Chen, H Yang, Y Chen, W Yang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) are archaeal monolayer membrane lipids
that can provide a competitive advantage in extreme environments. Here, we identify a …

Revised calibration of the MBT–CBT paleotemperature proxy based on branched tetraether membrane lipids in surface soils

F Peterse, J van der Meer, S Schouten… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2012 - Elsevier
The MBT–CBT proxy for the reconstruction of paleotemperatures and past soil pH is based
on the distribution of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (brGDGT) membrane …

BayMBT: A Bayesian calibration model for branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in soils and peats

ED Crampton-Flood, JE Tierney, F Peterse… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate temperature records for the deep geological past are a vital component of
paleoclimate research. Distributional changes of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol …

Distributions of 5-and 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in East African lake sediment: Effects of temperature, pH, and new lacustrine …

JM Russell, EC Hopmans, SE Loomis, J Liang… - Organic …, 2018 - Elsevier
The distribution of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in soils, peats,
and lake sediments has been shown to correlate with mean annual air temperature (MAAT) …

Production of diverse brGDGTs by Acidobacterium Solibacter usitatus in response to temperature, pH, and O2 provides a culturing perspective on brGDGT proxies …

TA Halamka, JH Raberg, JM McFarlin… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are bacterial membrane lipids that
are frequently employed as paleoenvironmental proxies because of the strong empirical …

Environmental controls on branched tetraether lipid distributions in tropical East African lake sediments

JE Tierney, JM Russell, H Eggermont… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2010 - Elsevier
Quantifying past continental temperature changes is an important aspect of paleoclimate
research as it allows us to constrain the amplitude of natural variability, test predictive …