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Applications of organic geochemistry to paleolimnological reconstructions: a summary of examples from the Laurentian Great Lakes by Meyers, Philip A

“…The organic matter content of lake sediments contains information that helps to reconstruct past environmental conditions, evaluate histories of climate…”
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Postglacial climate-change record in biomarker lipid compositions of the Hani peat sequence, Northeastern China by Zhou, Weijian, Zheng, Yanhong, Meyers, Philip A., Jull, A.J. Timothy, Xie, Shucheng

“…The peat sequence at Hani in northeastern China accumulated over the past 16 cal kyr in a percolation mire in which rain water and ground water seeped through…”
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Effect of climate change on delivery and degradation of lipid biomarkers in a Holocene peat sequence in the Eastern European Russian Arctic by Andersson, Rina A., Meyers, Philip A.

“…► A suite of lipid biomarkers from a European Russian Arctic peat core was analyzed. ► The peat sequence records a vegetation transition from a wetter fen to a…”
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Archaeal and bacterial glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in sediments from the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, South Pacific Ocean by Hu, Jianfang, Meyers, Philip A., Chen, Gukui, Peng, Ping’an, Yang, Qunhui

“…► GDGTs were measured in surface sediments and sediment cores from the Eastern Lau Spreading Center. ► Greater concentrations of isoGDGTs than brGDGTs indicate…”
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Reconstruction of late glacial and Holocene climate evolution in southern China from geolipids and pollen in the Dingnan peat sequence by Zhou, Weijian, Xie, Shucheng, Meyers, Philip A., Zheng, Yanhong

“…We have carried out a multi-proxy analysis of a radiocarbon-dated peat core that records the history of paleoclimate change dating from 18 ka in the Dingnan…”
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Significance of long chain iso and anteiso monomethyl alkanes in the Lamiaceae (mint family) by Huang, Xianyu, Meyers, Philip A., Wu, Weichao, Jia, Chenglin, Xie, Shucheng

“…The potential significance of the contributions of long chain iso and anteiso monomethyl alkanes (LC MMAs) from plants of the Lamiaceae, a family that includes…”
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Cryptic abundance of long-chain iso and anteiso alkanes in the Dajiuhu peat deposit, central China by XIANYU HUANG, MEYERS, Philip A, JIANTAO XUE, XINXIN WANG, LIDUAN ZHENG

“…Long chain 2-methyl and 3-methyl alkanes occur widely in modern plants and in recent and ancient sediments, but their presence in peat deposits has not been…”
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Glacial-interglacial variations in sediment organic carbon accumulation and benthic foraminiferal assemblages on the Bermuda Rise (ODP Site 1063) during MIS 13 to 10 by Poli, Maria Serena, Meyers, Philip A., Thunell, Robert C., Capodivacca, Marco

“…We have determined organic carbon concentrations and isotopic compositions and benthic foraminiferal assemblages in sediments deposited between ∼500 and 340 ka…”
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Assessing the potential of n-alkyl amides and n-alkyl nitriles in the arid sedimentary strata of northwestern China as environmental indicators by Pu, Yang, Kang, Hong, Meyers, Philip A., Zhang, Hucai, Yang, Mingsheng

“…Recent advancements in the application of lipid biomarkers as paleoenvironmental indicators have provided invaluable insights into the dynamics of climatic…”
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Paleoenvironmental significance of 5α-stigmastanol in surface soil and lake sediment from the Nianbaoyeze Mountains, eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Pu, Yang, Meyers, Philip A.

“…We identified a suite of steroid biomarkers in sediments and surface soils around Lake Ximencuo, a typical glacial lake in the Nianbaoyeze region, eastern…”
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Variations in monsoonal rainfall over the last 21 kyr inferred from sedimentary organic matter in Tung-Yuan Pond, southern Taiwan by Yang, Tien-Nan, Lee, Teh-Quei, Meyers, Philip A., Song, Sheng-Rong, Kao, Shuh-Ji, Löwemark, Ludvig, Chen, Rou-Fei, Chen, Huei-Fen, Wei, Kuo-Yen, Fan, Cheng-Wei, Shiau, Liang-Jian, Chiang, Hong-Wei, Chen, Yue-Gau, Chen, Min-Te

“…Changes in paleorainfall intensity linked to the strength of the East Asian (EA) summer monsoon since 21 cal kyr BP are inferred from the organic matter…”
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The paleolacustrine significance of sedimentary nitrogen isotopes: A comparative study of late Holocene records in two lakes on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Pu, Yang, Meyers, Philip A., Werne, Josef P., Zhang, Hucai

“…The bulk nitrogen isotope composition of lacustrine sediments can be a useful proxy of past climatic and environmental changes. We previously reconstructed…”
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Significance of different n-alkane biomarker distributions in four same-age peat sequences around the edges of a small maar lake in China by Zhang, Yan, Gao, Chuanyu, Zhang, Shaoqing, Yang, Ping, Meyers, Philip A., Wang, Guoping

“…A decade-resolution study of peat cores from four different locations around Yuanchi Lake, a small shallow maar lake in the Changbai Mountains of northeastern…”
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Sedimentary geochemical record of recent environmental changes around Lake Middle Marviken, Sweden by Routh, Joyanto, Meyers, Philip A., Hjorth, Tomas, Baskaran, Mark, Hallberg, Rolf

“…Geochemical properties of sediments deposited in Lake Middle Marviken over the last 185 years record the impacts of a succession of environmental changes that…”
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Delivery and deposition of organic matter in surface sediments of Lagoa do Caçó (Brazil) by Sifeddine, Abdelfettah, Meyers, Philip A., Cordeiro, Renato Campello, Albuquerque, Ana Luiza S., Bernardes, Marcelo, Turcq, Bruno, Abrão, Jorge João

“…Elemental and isotopic compositions of organic matter in surficial sediments from five transects across Lagoa do Caçó (Brazil) were analyzed to identify the…”
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Carbon cycling in Lake Erie during cultural eutrophication over the last century inferred from the stable carbon isotope composition of sediments by Lu, Yuehan, Meyers, Philip A., Eadie, Brian J., Robbins, John A.

“…A ~106-cm sediment core from the eastern basin of Lake Erie was examined to investigate biogeochemical processes in this large lake during its cultural…”
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Occurrence of diploptene in moss species from the Dajiuhu Peatland in southern China by Huang, Xianyu, Wang, Canfa, Xue, Jiantao, Meyers, Philip A., Zhang, Ze, Tan, Kaijia, Zhang, Zhiqi, Xie, Shucheng

“…Diploptene is present in four moss species ( Sphagnum palustre, Aulacomnium palustre, Polytrichum commune and Hypnum revolutum) and some surface samples…”
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Sedimentary Geolipid Records of Historical Changes in the Watersheds and Productivities of Lakes Ontario and Erie by Bourbonniere, Richard A., Meyers, Philip A.

“…The organic matter contents of sediments deposited in Lakes Erie and Ontario contribute to the record of changes in the lake watersheds and aquatic ecosystems…”
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Significance of high C/N ratios in organic-carbon-rich Neogene sediments under the Benguela Current upwelling system by Twichell, Shannon C., Meyers, Philip A., Diester-Haass, Liselotte

“…C organic/N total values change from ∼5 in middle Miocene sediments deposited under the Benguela Current upwelling system to ∼15 in latest Miocene and Pliocene…”
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Origins and maturity of organic matter in mid-Cretaceous black shales from ODP Site 1138 on the Kerguelen Plateau by Meyers, Philip A., Yum, Jong-Gwon, Wise, Sherwood W.

“…We have conducted elemental, isotopic, and Rock-Eval analyses of Cenomanian–Santonian sediment samples from ODP Site 1138 in the southern Indian Ocean to…”
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