Late Quaternary hydroclimate of the Levant: The leaf wax record from the Dead Sea

JE Tierney, A Torfstein, T Bhattacharya - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The eastern Mediterranean is projected to experience increases in drought and extreme
rainfall in response to rising greenhouse gas emissions. Paleoclimate records from this …

Disentangling the abiotic versus biotic controls on C3 plant leaf carbon isotopes: inferences from a global review

S Basu, S Ghosh, D Chattopadhyay - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The carbon isotopic composition of C 3 plant leaf tissue (δ 13 C C3) provides insights into
carbon cycling, climate, and vegetation at various spatiotemporal scales. By disentangling …

Mixed signals from the stable isotope composition of precipitation and plant waxes in the northern tropical Andes

LC Pérez‐Angel, J Sepúlveda, C Montes… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluate the efficacy of the stable isotope composition of precipitation and plant waxes
as proxies for paleoaltimetry and paleohydrology in the northern tropical Andes. We report …

Leaf wax hydrogen isotopes as a hydroclimate proxy in the tropical Pacific

SN Ladd, AE Maloney, DB Nelson… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen isotope ratios of sedimentary leaf waxes (δ2HWax values) are increasingly used
to reconstruct past hydroclimate. Here, we add δ2HWax values from 19 lakes and four …

Carbon reservoir perturbations induced by Deccan volcanism: Stable isotope and biomolecular perspectives from shallow marine environment in Eastern India

S Roy, S Ghosh, P Sanyal - Geobiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Deccan Traps in Western India is hypothesized to have caused significant
fluctuations in climatic condition and organic matter (OM) productivity across the Cretaceous …

Compound-specific stable carbon and hydrogen isotope analyses of late-Holocene vegetation and precipitation change at Laguna Los Mangos, Costa Rica

EA Yanuskiewicz, CS Lane, SP Horn… - Quaternary …, 2022 - Elsevier
New compound-specific isotope analyses of a sediment core from Laguna Los Mangos in
southern Pacific Costa Rica improves understanding of late-Holocene precipitation change …

Variability in pattern and hydrogen isotope composition (δ2H) of long-chain n-alkanes of surface soils and its relations to climate and vegetation characteristics: A …

C Guo, LI Xiaozhen, T Xiaolu, QIN Wenyi, LIU Haitao… - Pedosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The average chain length (ACL), carbon preference index (CPI), and hydrogen isotope
composition (δ 2 H) of long-chain n-alkanes in sediments have been used to retrieve …

Climatic controls on leaf wax hydrogen isotope ratios in terrestrial and marine sediments along a hyperarid-to-humid gradient

N Gaviria-Lugo, C Läuchli, H Wittmann… - …, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
The hydrogen isotope composition of leaf wax biomarkers (δ 2 H wax) is a valuable tool for
reconstructing continental paleohydrology, since it serves as a proxy for the hydrogen …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal variability in temperature trends and atmospheric circulation systems during the Eemian (Last Interglacial) based on n-alkanes hydrogen isotopes …

C Katrantsiotis, E Norström, RH Smittenberg… - Quaternary science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Last Interglacial warm period, the Eemian (ca. 130–116 thousand years ago),
serves as a reference for projected future climate in a warmer world. However, there is a …

Rainshadow effect on hydrogen isotopes in leaf wax n-Alkanes across the Cascade Mountains of Washington, USA

H Sisley, M Wolhowe, J Rowe, A Licht, J Sachs - Organic Geochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen isotope ratios are sensitive tracers of the water cycle with the potential to constrain
the timing of mountain building episodes in the geologic past. This study presents hydrogen …