Molecular paleohydrology: Interpreting the hydrogen-isotopic composition of lipid biomarkers from photosynthesizing organisms

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 221-249

  Sachse, Dirk ^a   Billault, Isabelle ^b   Bowen, Gabriel J ^c   Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^d   Dawson, Todd E ^e   Feakins, Sarah J ^f   Freeman, Katherine H ^g   Magill, Clayton R ^g   McInerney, Francesca A ^h   Van Der Meer, Marcel T J ⁱ   Polissar, Pratigya ^j   Robins, Richard J ^k   Sachs, Julian P ^l   Schmidt, Hanns Ludwig ^m   Sessions, Alex L ⁿ   White, James W C ^o   West, Jason B ^p   Kahmen, Ansgar ^q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^j Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^m TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁿ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^p TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Deuterium; Organic geochemistry; Paleoclimate; Paleoclimate proxy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALES; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; LIPID BIOMARKERS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE PROXY; PALEOCLIMATES; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEUTERIUM; LIPIDS; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

HYDROGEN;

ALKANE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOMARKER; GROWTH; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LIPID; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84860520851     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-042711-105535     Document Type: Article

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