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A New Zealand record of sea level rise and environmental change during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

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A Southern Hemisphere record of global trace-metal drawdown and orbital modulation of organic-matter burial across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary (Ocean Drilling Program Site 1138, Kerguelen Plateau)

article published in 2016

A comparative study of lipids in Sphagnum species

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A diagnostic GDGT signature for the impact of hydrothermal activity on surface deposits at the Southwest Indian Ridge

A large and abrupt fall in atmospheric CO2 concentration during Cretaceous times

scientific article published in Nature

A long-term, high-latitude record of Eocene hydrological change in the Greenland region

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A model–model and data–model comparison for the early Eocene hydrological cycle

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A predictive algorithm for wetlands in deep time paleoclimate models

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Algal biomarkers in surface waters around the Crozet plateau

Alkenone and boron-based Pliocene pCO2 records

scientific article published on 15 March 2010

Amazon Fan biomarker evidence against the Pleistocene rainforest refuge hypothesis?

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An ikaite record of late Holocene climate at the Antarctic Peninsula

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An interlaboratory study of TEX86and BIT analysis of sediments, extracts, and standard mixtures

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Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in marine sediments from the Skagerrak (Denmark): I. Geochemical and microbiological analyses

scholarly article by Nina J. Knab et al published June 2008 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Analysis of intact tetraether lipids in archaeal cell material and sediments by high performance liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry

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Anthropogenic pollution and oxygen depletion in the lower Yangtze River as revealed by sedimentary biomarkers

article by Chun Zhu et al published December 2012 in Organic Geochemistry

Archaeal and bacterial glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids in environmental samples by high temperature-gas chromatography with flame ionisation and time-of-flight mass spectrometry detection

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Archaeal and bacterial lipids in authigenic carbonate crusts from eastern Mediterranean mud volcanoes

Archaeal lipid biomarkers and isotopic evidence of anaerobic methane oxidation associated with gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico

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Archaeal remains dominate marine organic matter from the early Albian oceanic anoxic event 1b

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Archaeol as a methanogen biomarker in ombrotrophic bogs

Archaeol – a biomarker for foregut fermentation in modern and ancient herbivorous mammals?

Archaeol: an indicator of methanogenesis in water-saturated soils

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Arsenic release and attenuation in low organic carbon aquifer sediments from West Bengal.

scientific article published on March 2010

Atlantic overturning circulation and Agulhas leakage influences on southeast Atlantic upper ocean hydrography during marine isotope stage 11

Atmospheric connections with the North Atlantic enhanced the deglacial warming in northeast China

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Bacteriohopanepolyol signatures of cyanobacterial and methanotrophic bacterial populations recorded in a geothermal vent sinter

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Bacteriohopanepolyols preserved in silica sinters from Champagne Pool (New Zealand) indicate a declining temperature gradient over the lifetime of the vent

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Biogeochemical controls on glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipid distributions in sediments characterized by diffusive methane flux

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Biogeochemical controls on microbial diversity in seafloor sulphidic sediments.

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Biogeochemistry and biodiversity of methane cycling in subsurface marine sediments (Skagerrak, Denmark).

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Biogeochemistry of intertidal microbial mats from Qatar: New insights from organic matter characterisation

Biogeochemistry: Ancient algae crossed a threshold.

scientific article published in August 2013

Biomarkers as proxies for plant inputs to peats: an example from a sub-boreal ombrotrophic bog

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CH 4 -consuming microorganisms and the formation of carbonate crusts at cold seeps

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CO2drawdown following the middle Miocene expansion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Carbon and chlorine isotope fractionation during microbial degradation of tetra- and trichloroethene

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Carbon isotopic composition of an isoprenoid-rich oil and its potential source rock

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Carbon isotopic compositions of prokaryotic lipids as tracers of carbon cycling in diverse settings

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Carbon sequestration in an expanded lake system during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event

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Carbonate rocks and related facies with vestiges of biomarkers: Clues to redox conditions in the Mesoproterozoic ocean

article by Sarbani Patranabis-Deb et al published July 2016 in Gondwana Research

Causes of ice age intensification across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition.

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Changes in fatty acid composition in degrading algal aggregates

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Changes in the global carbon cycle occurred as two episodes during the Permian–Triassic crisis

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Changes in the hydrological cycle in tropical East Africa during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

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Changes in the occurrence of extreme precipitation events at the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum

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Changing atmospheric CO2 concentration was the primary driver of early Cenozoic climate

scientific article published on 25 April 2016

Characterizing the depositional settings for sedimentary organic matter distributions in the Lower Yangtze River-East China Sea Shelf System

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Cities lead on climate change

scholarly article by Richard D. Pancost published April 2016 in Nature Geoscience

Climate change narratives

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Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis in Ecology and Paleoecology

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Concordant monsoon-driven postglacial hydrological changes in peat and stalagmite records and their impacts on prehistoric cultures in central China

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Conservative composition of n-alkane biomarkers in Sphagnum species: Implications for palaeoclimate reconstruction in ombrotrophic peat bogs

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Controls on granitic weathering fronts in contrasting climates

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

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Corrigendum to “South Pacific evidence for the long-term climate impact of the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary event” [Earth Sci. Rev. 179 (2018) 287–302]

scientific article published in September 2018

Corrigendum to “Zechstein main Dolomite oil characteristics in the Southern Permian Basin: I. Polish and German sectors” [JMPG 93 (May 2018) 356–375]

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Cretaceous sea-surface temperature evolution: Constraints from TEX 86 and planktonic foraminiferal oxygen isotopes

Cyanobacterial blooms tied to volcanism during the 5 m.y. Permo-Triassic biotic crisis

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Dark carbon fixation in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone contributes to sedimentary organic carbon (SOM)

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De Leeuw comment “On the origin of sedimentary aliphatic macromolecules”

scholarly article by Neal S. Gupta et al published September 2007 in Organic Geochemistry

Descent toward the Icehouse: Eocene sea surface cooling inferred from GDGT distributions

article by Gordon N. Inglis et al published July 2015 in Paleoceanography

Determination of the δ2 H values of high molecular weight lipids by high temperature GC coupled to isotope ratio mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 17 October 2020

Different temperature dependence of the bacterial brGDGT isomers in 35 Chinese lake sediments compared to that in soils

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Diploptene <i>δ</i><sup>13</sup>C values from contemporary thermokarst lake sediments show complex spatial variation

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Distribution of branched tetraether lipids in ponds from Inner Mongolia, NE China: Insight into the source of brGDGTs

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Distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids in a hypersaline lake system

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Distributions of geohopanoids in peat: Implications for the use of hopanoid-based proxies in natural archives

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Distributions of isoprenoid and branched glycerol dialkanol diethers in Chinese surface soils and a loess–paleosol sequence: Implications for the degradation of tetraether lipids

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Dual carbon-chlorine stable isotope investigation of sources and fate of chlorinated ethenes in contaminated groundwater

scientific article published on 3 October 2012

Dynamics of sediment flux to a bathyal continental margin section through the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

Early Jurassic North Atlantic sea‐surface temperatures from TEX 86 palaeothermometry

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Early Paleogene evolution of terrestrial climate in the SW Pacific, Southern New Zealand

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Early Paleogene temperature history of the Southwest Pacific Ocean: Reconciling proxies and models

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Early Paleogene wildfires in peat-forming environments at Schöningen, Germany

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Ecological and biogeochemical change in an early Paleogene peat-forming environment: Linking biomarkers and palynology

scholarly article by Gordon N. Inglis published in November 2015

Enhanced productivity led to increased organic carbon burial in the euxinic North Atlantic basin during the late Cenomanian oceanic anoxic event

Eocene temperature gradients

Erratum to “Early Paleogene temperature history of the Southwest Pacific Ocean: Reconciling proxies and models” [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 349 (2012) 53–66]

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Eustatic variations during the Paleocene-Eocene greenhouse world

Evidence for the in situ polymerisation of labile aliphatic organic compounds during the preservation of fossil leaves: Implications for organic matter preservation

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Evidence of moisture control on the methylation of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in semi-arid and arid soils

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Evolution of the Late Miocene Mediterranean–Atlantic gateways and their impact on regional and global environmental change

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Experimental evidence for the formation of geomacromolecules from plant leaf lipids

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Exploring the Influences of Temperature on “H-Shaped” Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraethers in a Stratigraphic Context: Evidence From Two Peat Cores Across the Late Quaternary

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Formation of iron sulfide nodules during anaerobic oxidation of methane

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Functional diversity of bacteria in a ferruginous hydrothermal sediment

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Fundamentally different global marine nitrogen cycling in response to severe ocean deoxygenation

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Further Paleogene and Cretaceous sediment cores from the Kilwa area of coastal Tanzania: Tanzania Drilling Project Sites 6–10

scholarly article by Paul N. Pearson et al published July 2006 in Journal of African Earth Sciences

Further insights into how sediment redox status controls the preservation and composition of sedimentary biomarkers

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Geochemical impacts of hydrothermal activity on surface deposits at the Southwest Indian Ridge

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Geological Society of London Scientific Statement: what the geological record tells us about our present and future climate

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Global mean surface temperature and climate sensitivity of the EECO, PETM and latest Paleocene

scientific article published on 16 January 2020

Global mean surface temperature and climate sensitivity of the early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO), Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), and latest Paleocene

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High sea surface temperatures in tropical warm pools during the Pliocene

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High sea-surface temperatures during the Early Cretaceous Epoch

article by Kate Littler et al published 20 February 2011 in Nature Geoscience

High-resolution alkenone palaeobarometry indicates relatively stable pCO(2) during the Pliocene (3.3-2.8 Ma).

scientific article published on 16 September 2013

High‐Resolution C‐Isotope, TOC and Biostratigraphic Records of OAE 1a (Aptian) From an Expanded Hemipelagic Cored Succession, Western Tethys: A New Stratigraphic Reference for Global Correlation and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction

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Holocene Intertidal Microbial Mats Of Qatar And Their Implications For Petroleum Source Rock Formation In Carbonate-Siliciclastic-Evaporite Systems

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Holocene variations in peatland methane cycling associated with the Asian summer monsoon system

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Hopane, sterane and n-alkane distributions in shallow sediments hosting high arsenic groundwaters in Cambodia

scholarly article by Bart E. van Dongen et al published November 2008 in Applied Geochemistry

Hydrological and associated biogeochemical consequences of rapid global warming during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

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Impact of feeding by Arenicola marina (L.) and ageing of faecal material on fatty acid distribution and bacterial community structure in marine sediments: An experimental approach

scholarly article by Vincent Grossi et al published August 2006 in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Increased terrestrial methane cycling at the Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum

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Insensitivity of alkenone carbon isotopes to atmospheric CO2 at low to moderate CO2 levels

Insensitivity of alkenone carbon isotopes to atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> at low to moderate CO<sub>2</sub> levels

Insights into the evolution of the young Lake Ohrid ecosystem and vegetation succession from a southern European refugium during the Early Pleistocene

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Insoluble prokaryotic membrane lipids in a Sphagnum peat: Implications for organic matter preservation

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Insoluble prokaryotic membrane lipids in continental shelf sediments offshore Cape Town: Implications for organic matter preservation

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Intense aerobic methane oxidation in the Yangtze Estuary: A record from 35-aminobacteriohopanepolyols in surface sediments

Investigating the Origins of Membrane Phospholipid Biosynthesis Genes Using Outgroup-Free Rooting

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Kerogen-bound glycerol dialkyl tetraether lipids released by hydropyrolysis of marine sediments: A bias against incorporation of sedimentary organisms?

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Large changes in seasonal sea ice distribution and productivity in the Sea of Okhotsk during the deglaciations

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Large terrestrial and marine carbon and hydrogen isotope excursions in a new Paleocene/Eocene boundary section from Tanzania

scholarly article by Luke Handley et al published October 2008 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Late Barremian–early Aptian dark facies of the Subbetic (Betic Cordillera, southern Spain): Calcareous nannofossil quantitative analyses, chemostratigraphy and palaeoceanographic reconstructions

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Late Cretaceous Temperature Evolution of the Southern High Latitudes: A TEX86 Perspective

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Life at cold seeps: a synthesis of biogeochemical and ecological data from Kazan mud volcano, eastern Mediterranean Sea

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Lipid biomarkers and carbon isotope signatures of a microbial (Beggiatoa) mat associated with gas hydrates in the gulf of Mexico

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Lipid biomarkers preserved in hydrate-associated authigenic carbonate rocks of the Gulf of Mexico

article by Richard D. Pancost et al published October 2005 in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Lipid biomolecules in silica sinters: indicators of microbial biodiversity

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Magnitude and profile of organic carbon isotope records from the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence from northern Spain

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Major changes in glacial and Holocene terrestrial temperatures and sources of organic carbon recorded in the Amazon fan by tetraether lipids

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Mechanistic controls on diverse fates of terrestrial organic components in the East China Sea

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Methanogenic potential of Arctic and Antarctic subglacial environments with contrasting organic carbon sources

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Microbial ecology of arsenic-mobilizing Cambodian sediments: lithological controls uncovered by stable-isotope probing

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Microbial membrane lipids in active and inactive sinters from Champagne Pool, New Zealand: Elucidating past geothermal chemistry and microbiology

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Microbially mediated reduction of FeIII and AsV in Cambodian sediments amended with 13C-labelled hexadecane and kerogen

Mid-latitude continental temperatures through the early Eocene in western Europe

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Middle Eocene climate cyclicity in the southern Pacific: Implications for global ice volume

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Molecular evidence for basin-scale photic zone euxinia in the Permian Zechstein Sea

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Molecular indicators of redox and marine photoautotroph composition in the late Middle Ordovician of Iowa, U.S.A

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Molecular preservation of plant and insect cuticles from the Oligocene Enspel Formation, Germany: Evidence against derivation of aliphatic polymer from sediment

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Multiple environmental and ecological controls on archaeal ether lipid distributions in saline ponds

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Multiple sources and extensive degradation of terrestrial sedimentary organic matter across an energetic, wide continental shelf

Nearshore euxinia in the photic zone of an ancient sea

scholarly article by Mirosław Słowakiewicz published in May 2015

Nearshore euxinia in the photic zone of an ancient sea: Part II – The bigger picture and implications for understanding ocean anoxia

scholarly article by Mirosław Słowakiewicz published in November 2016

New drilling of the early Aptian OAE1a: the Cau core (Prebetic Zone, south-eastern Spain)

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Newly discovered non-isoprenoid glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids in sediments

Non-isoprenoid macrocyclic glycerol diethers associated with authigenic carbonates

Occurrence of 1-O-monoalkyl glycerol ether lipids in ocean waters and sediments

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Oceanic forcing of the Marine Isotope Stage 11 interglacial

scientific article published on 24 May 2009

Oceanographic and climatic evolution of the southeastern subtropical Atlantic over the last 3.5 Ma

scholarly article by Benjamin Petrick et al published June 2018 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Operation of the boreal peatland methane cycle across the past 16 k.y

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Orbital forcing of organic carbon burial in the proto-North Atlantic during oceanic anoxic event 2

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Orbital forcing of terrestrial hydrology, weathering and carbon sequestration during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

scholarly article by Tom Dunkley Jones et al published 16 November 2017 in Climate of the Past Discussions

Organic geochemical changes in Pliocene sediments of ODP Site 1083 (Benguela Upwelling System)

scientific article published in September 2009

Organic geochemistry, stable isotopes, and facies analysis of the Early Aptian OAE—New records from Spain (Western Tethys)

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Organic matter distribution in the modern sediments of the Pearl River Estuary

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Organic-matter source variation and the expression of a late Middle Ordovician carbon isotope excursion

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Organic-rich sedimentation in the South Pacific Ocean associated with Late Paleocene climatic cooling

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Origin and preservation of bacteriohopanepolyol signatures in Sphagnum peat from Bissendorfer Moor (Germany)

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Origin of light volatile hydrocarbon gases in mud volcano fluids, Gulf of Cadiz — Evidence for multiple sources and transport mechanisms in active sedimentary wedges

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Palaeogeographic controls on climate and proxy interpretation

Paleoceanographic changes in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific over the last 10 Myr

scientific article published in September 2012

Paleogene and Cretaceous sediment cores from the Kilwa and Lindi areas of coastal Tanzania: Tanzania Drilling Project Sites 1–5

scholarly article by Paul N. Pearson et al published May 2004 in Journal of African Earth Sciences

Past East Asian monsoon evolution controlled by paleogeography, not CO2

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Peatland GDGT records of Holocene climatic and biogeochemical responses to the Asian Monsoon

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Plio-Pleistocene climate sensitivity evaluated using high-resolution CO2 records.

scientific article published on February 2015

Polyfunctionalised bio- and geohopanoids in the Eocene Cobham Lignite

Preservation of Microbial Lipids in Geothermal Sinters

scientific article published on 10 April 2011

Productivity variation around the Crozet Plateau: A naturally iron fertilised area of the Southern Ocean

Pyrolysis GC–MS as a rapid screening tool for determination of peat-forming plant composition in cores from ombrotrophic peat

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Quantifying export production in the Southern Ocean: Implications for the Baxsproxy

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Re-evaluating modern and Palaeogene GDGT distributions: Implications for SST reconstructions

scholarly article by Kyle W.R. Taylor published in September 2013

Reconstructing Late Ordovician carbon cycle variations

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Reinvestigation of the occurrence of cutan in plants: implications for the leaf fossil record

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Relationship between lipid distribution and geochemical environment within Champagne Pool, Waiotapu, New Zealand

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Reply to 'Pliocene warmth and gradients'

Reply to comment on “Magnitude and profile of organic carbon isotope records from the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence from northern Spain” by Manners et al. [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 376 (2013) 220–230]

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Response of an ombrotrophic bog to a regional climate event revealed by macrofossil, molecular and carbon isotopic data

Response of carbon cycle to drier conditions in the mid-Holocene in central China.

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Selective chemical degradation of silica sinters of the Taupo Volcanic Zone (New Zealand). Implications for early Earth and Astrobiology

scientific article published on 24 April 2019

Signature of organic matter exported from naturally Fe-fertilised oceanic waters

Source Apportionment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Central European Soils with Compound-Specific Triple Isotopes (δ(13)C, Δ(14)C, and δ(2)H).

scientific article published on 23 June 2015

Sources and distributions of tetraether lipids in surface sediments across a large river-dominated continental margin

article by Chun Zhu et al published May 2011 in Organic Geochemistry

South Pacific evidence for the long-term climate impact of the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary event

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Southeastern Tanzania depositional environments, marine and terrestrial links, and exceptional microfossil preservation in the warm Turonian

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Stable warm tropical climate through the Eocene Epoch

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Strengthening of North American dust sources during the late Pliocene (2.7Ma)

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Temperature and pH control on lipid composition of silica sinters from diverse hot springs in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

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Terrestrial environmental change across the onset of the PETM and the associated impact on biomarker proxies: A cautionary tale

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Terrestrial methane cycle perturbations during the onset of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

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The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data, incorporating version 0.1 of the DeepMIP database

scientific article published on 25 July 2019

The Response of Archaeal Tetraether Membrane Lipids in Surface Soils to Temperature: A Potential Paleothermometer in Paleosols

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The archaeal lipid composition of partially lithified cold seep mats

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The carbon isotopic response of algae, (cyano)bacteria, archaea and higher plants to the late Cenomanian perturbation of the global carbon cycle: Insights from biomarkers in black shales from the Cape Verde Basin (DSDP Site 367)

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The disappearance of Sphagnum imbricatum from Butterburn Flow, UK

The discovery of new deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities in the southern ocean and implications for biogeography

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The dispersal of sedimentary terrestrial organic matter in the East China Sea (ECS) as revealed by biomarkers and hydro-chemical characteristics

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The impact of alkenone degradation on U37K′ paleothermometry: A model-derived assessment

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The organic preservation of fossil arthropods: an experimental study

scientific article (publication date: 7 November 2006)

The palaeoclimatic utility of terrestrial biomarkers in marine sediments

The spread of marine anoxia on the northern Tethys margin during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

The stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic composition of microbial fatty acids traces microbial metabolism in soils and peats

scientific article published in 2024

Three and half million year history of moisture availability of South West Africa: Evidence from ODP site 1085 biomarker records

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Three series of non-isoprenoidal dialkyl glycerol diethers in cold-seep carbonate crusts

article by Richard D. Pancost et al published May 2001 in Organic Geochemistry

Transition from a warm and dry to a cold and wet climate in NE China across the Holocene

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Tropical and high latitude forcing of enhanced megadroughts in Northern China during the last four terminations

scientific article published in December 2017

Tropical sea temperatures in the high-latitude South Pacific during the Eocene

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Two episodes of microbial change coupled with Permo/Triassic faunal mass extinction

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Uncertainty as knowledge

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Upper Permian (Zechstein) microbialites: Supratidal through deep subtidal deposition, source rock, and reservoir potential

Warm climates of the past--a lesson for the future? ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 28 October 2013)

Water column anoxia, enhanced productivity and concomitant changes in δ13C and δ34S across the Frasnian–Famennian boundary (Kowala — Holy Cross Mountains/Poland)

scholarly article

Well preserved Palaeogene and Cretaceous biomarkers from the Kilwa area, Tanzania

scholarly article by Bart E. van Dongen et al published May 2006 in Organic Geochemistry

Zechstein Main Dolomite oil characteristics in the Southern Permian Basin: I. Polish and German sectors

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δ13C values and radiocarbon dates of microbial biomarkers as tracers for carbon recycling in peat deposits

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δ13C values of bacterial hopanoids and leaf waxes as tracers for methanotrophy in peatlands

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