[HTML][HTML] Saccharides in atmospheric particulate and sedimentary organic matter: Status overview and future perspectives

L Marynowski, BRT Simoneit - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Saccharides are omnipresent compounds in terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Since the
2000s, their role in environmental and geochemical studies has significantly increased, but …

[HTML][HTML] Disentangling seasonal and annual precipitation signals in the tropics over the Holocene: Insights from δD, alkanes and GDGTs

PL Hällberg, R Smittenberg, ME Kylander… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rainfall seasonality in the tropics has a substantial impact on both ecosystems and human
livelihoods. Yet, reconstructions of past rainfall variability have so far generally been unable …

Levoglucosan and its isomers in terrestrial sediment as a molecular markers provide direct evidence for the low-temperature fire during the mid-Holocene in the …

Z Tan, Y Yuan, M Gu, Y Han, L Mao, T Tan, C Wu… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Black carbon and charcoal's limitation in detecting low-temperature fires could be a major
obstacle in observing paleofire. To reconstruct a low-temperature fire pattern and vegetation …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing levoglucosan and mannosan ratios in sediments and corresponding aerosols from recent Australian fires

H Stevens, LA Barmuta, Z Chase, KM Saunders… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The monosaccharide anhydrides levoglucosan, mannosan, and galactosan are known as
'fire sugars' as they are powerful proxies used to trace fire events. Despite their increasing …

A fast and simple extraction method for analysing levoglucosan and its isomers in sediments by ion chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

H Stevens, ES Rodriguez, B Paull, AR Bowie… - Analytical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to trace current and past biomass burning events is important for understanding
the links between human activity, fire frequency, and climate. One method of tracing biomass …

[HTML][HTML] Selective extraction of levoglucosan and its isomers from complex matrices using ligand exchange-solid phase extraction for analysis by liquid …

N Davtian, N Penalva, A Rosell-Melé… - … of Chromatography A, 2023 - Elsevier
The analysis of trace quantities of monosaccharide anhydrides (MAs) in sediments is
complicated by the lack of fast and reliable technologies to selectively extract these water …

The Evolution of an Ancient Coastal Lake (Lerna, Peloponnese, Greece)

E Koskeridou, D Thivaiou, C Psarras, E Rentoumi… - Quaternary, 2022 - mdpi.com
Degradation of coastal environments is an issue that many areas in Europe are facing. In the
present work, an ancient coastal lake wetland is investigated, the so-called Lake Lerna in …