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 …

Glacial indonesian throughflow weakening across the mid-pleistocene climatic transition

B Petrick, A Martínez-García, G Auer, L Reuning… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) controls the oceanic flux of heat and salt
between the Pacific and Indian Oceans and therewith plays an important role in modulating …

Contourite depositional systems along the Mozambique channel: the interplay between bottom currents and sedimentary processes

A Thiéblemont, FJ Hernández-Molina… - Deep Sea Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a combined study of the geomorphology, sedimentology, and physical
oceanography of the Mozambique Channel to evaluate the role of bottom currents in …

Dinoflagellate cysts as proxies of environmental, ocean and climate changes in the Atlantic realm during the quaternary

F Marret, A De Vernal - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Over the last four decades, organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts have shown high potential as
tracers of past sea-surface conditions during the Quaternary. These microfossils relate to the …

Expedition 349 summary

CF Li, J Lin, DK Kulhanek, T Williams, R Bao, A Briais… - 2015 - boris.unibe.ch
C.-F. Li, J. Lin, DK Kulhanek, T. Williams, R. Bao, A. Briais, EA Brown, Y. Chen, PD Clift, FS
Colwell, KA Dadd, W.-W. Ding, I. Hernández-Almeida, X.-L. Huang, S. Hyun, T. Jiang, AAP …

Sea surface water isotope changes recorded by alkenone δ2H from the northern South China Sea over the last 260 kyrs

J He, AL Sessions, L Li, G Jia - Global and Planetary Change, 2025 - Elsevier
The stable hydrogen isotope compositions of long-chain unsaturated C 37 alkenones (δ 2 H
C37) in sediments were measured to estimate palaeohydrological changes over the last 260 …

[HTML][HTML] Constraining the application of hydrogen isotopic composition of alkenones as a salinity proxy using marine surface sediments

GM Weiss, S Schouten, JSS Damsté… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Sea surface salinity is an essential environmental parameter necessary to understand past
changes in global climate. However, reconstructing absolute salinity of the surface ocean …

Effects of alkalinity and salinity at low and high light intensity on hydrogen isotope fractionation of long-chain alkenones produced by Emiliania huxleyi

GM Weiss, EY Pfannerstill, S Schouten… - …, 2017 - bg.copernicus.org
Over the last decade, hydrogen isotopes of long-chain alkenones have been shown to be a
promising proxy for reconstructing paleo sea surface salinity due to a strong hydrogen …

Expedition 361 summary

IR Hall, SR Hemming, LJ LeVay, S Barker… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - epic.awi.de
International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 361 drilled six sites on the southeast
African margin (southwest Indian Ocean) and in the Indian-Atlantic Ocean gateway, from 30 …

Alkenone paleothermometry in coastal settings: evaluating the potential for highly resolved time series of sea surface temperature

JM Salacup, JR Farmer, TD Herbert… - Paleoceanography and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The unsaturation ratios of alkenones have been applied widely to reconstruct pelagic sea
surface temperatures (SSTs). However, applications to costal settings have been hampered …