List of works by Michael Zech

A 12.5-kyr history of vegetation dynamics and mire development with evidence of Younger Dryas larch presence in the Verkhoyansk Mountains, East Siberia, Russia

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A 16-ka δ18O record of lacustrine sugar biomarkers from the High Himalaya reflects Indian Summer Monsoon variability

scholarly article

A Holocene temperature (brGDGT) record from Garba Guracha, a high-altitude lake in Ethiopia

scientific article published in 2022

A novel methodological approach for δ(18)O analysis of sugars using gas chromatography-pyrolysis-isotope ratio mass spectrometry.

scientific article published in January 2013

A novel methylation derivatization method for δ(18)O analysis of individual carbohydrates by gas chromatography/pyrolysis-isotope ratio mass spectrometry.

scientific article published in January 2016

Approaches and challenges to the study of loess—Introduction to the LoessFest Special Issue

Central Mongolian lake sediments reveal new insights on climate change and equestrian empires in the Eastern Steppes

scientific article published on 18 February 2022

Characterisation and palaeoclimate of a loess-like permafrost palaeosol sequence in NE Siberia

scholarly article by Michael Zech et al published February 2008 in Geoderma

Chemotaxonomic patterns of vegetation and soils along altitudinal transects of the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia, and implications for paleovegetation reconstructions – Part II: lignin-derived phenols and leaf-wax-derived n-alkanes

scientific article

Climate, vegetation and fire history during the past 18,000 years, recorded in high altitude lacustrine sediments on the Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains (Ethiopia)

scientific article published in 2022

Comparative14C and OSL dating of loess-paleosol sequences to evaluate post-depositional contamination ofn-alkane biomarkers

scientific article published in January 2017

Compound-specific delta18O analyses of neutral sugars in soils using gas chromatography-pyrolysis-isotope ratio mass spectrometry: problems, possible solutions and a first application.

scientific article published in November 2009

Corrigendum: Leaf Waxes and Hemicelluloses in Topsoils Reflect the δ2H and δ18O Isotopic Composition of Precipitation in Mongolia

Coupling δ<sup>2</sup>H and δ<sup>18</sup>O biomarker results yields information on relative humidity and isotopic composition of precipitation – a climate transect validation study

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Danube loess stratigraphy — Towards a pan-European loess stratigraphic model

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Do n-alkane biomarkers in soils/sediments reflect the δ²H isotopic composition of precipitation? A case study from Mt. Kilimanjaro and implications for paleoaltimetry and paleoclimate research

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Effect of leaf litter degradation and seasonality on D/H isotope ratios of n-alkane biomarkers

Evidence for Late Pleistocene climate changes from buried soils on the southern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

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First Calibration and Application of Leaf Wax n-Alkane Biomarkers in Loess-Paleosol Sequences and Modern Plants and Soils in Armenia

scientific article published in 2019

How dry was the Younger Dryas? Evidence from a coupled δ2H–δ18O biomarker paleohygrometer applied to the Gemündener Maar sediments, Western Eifel, Germany

scholarly article

Human and climate impact on ¹⁵N natural abundance of plants and soils in high-mountain ecosystems: a short review and two examples from the Eastern Pamirs and Mt. Kilimanjaro

scientific article

Human and livestock faecal biomarkers at the prehistorical encampment site of Ullafelsen in the Fotsch Valley, Stubai Alps, Austria – potential and limitations

scientific article published in 2022

Improved compound-specificδ13C analysis of n-alkanes for application in palaeoenvironmental studies

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Last glacial vegetation reconstructions in the extreme-continental eastern Asia: Potentials of pollen and n-alkane biomarker analyses

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Late Quaternary environmental changes in Misiones, subtropical NE Argentina, deduced from multi-proxy geochemical analyses in a palaeosol-sediment sequence

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Leaf Waxes and Hemicelluloses in Topsoils Reflect the δ2H and δ18O Isotopic Composition of Precipitation in Mongolia

Leaf waxes in litter and topsoils along a European transect

Long-term fire resilience of the Ericaceous Belt, Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Middle to Late Pleistocene environments based on stable organic carbon and nitrogen isotopes of loess‐palaeosol sequences from the Carpathian Basin

scientific article published in 2020

Natural abundance of18O of sugar biomarkers in topsoils along a climate transect over the Central Scandinavian Mountains, Norway

scholarly article by Michael Zech et al published February 2013 in Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Oxygen isotope ratios (18O/16O) of hemicellulose-derived sugar biomarkers in plants, soils and sediments as paleoclimate proxy I: Insight from a climate chamber experiment

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Oxygen isotope ratios (18O/16O) of hemicellulose-derived sugar biomarkers in plants, soils and sediments as paleoclimate proxy II: Insight from a climate transect study

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Phenolic Compounds as Unambiguous Chemical Markers for the Identification of Keystone Plant Species in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Reply to the comment of Sternberg on “Zech et al. (2014) Oxygen isotope ratios ( 18 O/ 16 O) of hemicellulose-derived sugar biomarkers in plants, soils and sediments as paleoclimate proxy I: Insight from a climate chamber experiment. GCA 126, 614?

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Revisiting the subalpine Mesolithic site Ullafelsen in the Fotsch Valley, Stubai Alps, Austria – new insights into pedogenesis and landscape evolution from leaf-wax-derived n-alkanes, black carbon and radiocarbon dating

scientific article

Sauna, sweat and science II - do we sweat what we drink?

scientific article published on 30 June 2019

Sauna, sweat and science – quantifying the proportion of condensation water versus sweat using a stable water isotope (2H/1H and18O/16O) tracer experiment

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Spatial and temporal 2H and 18O isotope variation of contemporary precipitation in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Stable hydrogen and carbon isotope ratios of methoxyl groups during plant litter degradation

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O) record of soils in Buryatia, southern Siberia: Implications for biogeochemical and paleoclimatic interpretations

scientific article published in 2013

The Crvenka loess-paleosol sequence: A record of continuous grassland domination in the southern Carpathian Basin during the Late Pleistocene

scientific article published in November 2018

The late Quaternary loess record of Tokaj, Hungary: Reconstructing palaeoenvironment, vegetation and climate using stable C and N isotopes and biomarkers

scientific article

Two possible source regions for central Greenland last glacial dust

scholarly article by Gábor Újvári et al published 11 December 2015 in Geophysical Research Letters

δ2Hn-alkane and δ18Osugar biomarker proxies from leaves and topsoils of the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia, and implications for paleoclimate reconstructions

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