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 …

Distribution of tetraether lipids in the 25-ka sedimentary record of Lake Challa: extracting reliable TEX86 and MBT/CBT palaeotemperatures from an equatorial African …

JSS Damsté, J Ossebaar, S Schouten… - Quaternary Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
The distribution of isoprenoid and branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids
was studied in the sedimentary record of Lake Challa, a permanently stratified, partly anoxic …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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) …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial heterogeneity of sources of branched tetraethers in shelf systems: The geochemistry of tetraethers in the Berau River delta (Kalimantan, Indonesia)

JSS Damsté - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
The bulk organic matter composition (total organic carbon (TOC) content and δ 13 C TOC)
and composition of isoprenoid and branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGT) in …

Refining the global branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (brGDGT) soil temperature calibration

BDA Naafs, AV Gallego-Sala, GN Inglis… - Organic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are increasingly used to
reconstruct past terrestrial temperature and soil pH. Here we compare all available modern …

[HTML][HTML] In situ produced branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in suspended particulate matter from the Yenisei River, Eastern Siberia

C De Jonge, A Stadnitskaia, EC Hopmans… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Soil-derived branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in marine river fan
sediments have a potential use for determining changes in the mean annual temperature …

Correlations between microbial tetraether lipids and environmental variables in Chinese soils: Optimizing the paleo-reconstructions in semi-arid and arid regions

H Yang, RD Pancost, X Dang, X Zhou… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
The bacterial membrane lipid-based continental paleothermometer, the MBT/CBT or MBT′–
CBT proxy (methylation index of branched tetraethers/cyclization of branched tetraethers) …