Determination and geochemical implication of multiple series of long-chain oxygen-bearing compounds trapped in kerogen in the Lucaogou Formation, Santanghu Basin, NW China

10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.04.005

2018-04-11

Studies of occluded oxygen-bearing compounds inside kerogen are scarce, although such studies are important in understanding early-stage transformation of organic matter. A relatively low-maturity kerogen from the late Permian mudstone of the Lucaogou Formati...

Sediment records of long chain alkyl diols in an upwelling area of the coastal northern South China Sea

10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.03.014

2018-04-03

Here, Long chain alkyl diols in sediment cores were studied in the Yuedong Upwelling (YDU) area in the coastal northern South China Sea to investigate whether sea surface temperature (SST) and upwelling intensity over the last few decades can be traced by the...

Modelling leaf wax n-alkane inputs to soils along a latitudinal transect across Australia

10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.03.013

2018-03-29

Leaf wax n-alkanes provide a valuable palaeoecological proxy, but their interpretation requires an understanding of the scale of temporal and spatial integration in soils. Leaf wax n-alkanes are continually deposited into soils directly from local plants as w...

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

10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.03.012

2018-03-28

Archaeal isoprenoidal glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids (iGDGTs) and their non-isoprenoidal branched bacterial analogues (brGDGTs) have widespread applications in biogeochemistry and paleothermometry. Analysis of GDGTs usually involves separati...

On the changes of polycyclic aromatic compounds in waterflooded oil and their implications for geochemical interpretation

10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.03.011

2018-03-27

Qudi oilfield had been producing for over twenty years and became waterflooded ten years ago. Samples from nine producing wells drilled recently in the Qudi oilfield were collected during the three recovery stages spanning an eight month interval of waterfloo...

Variations in abundance and distribution of methyltrimethyltridecylchromans (MTTCs) in sediments from saline lacustrine settings in Cenozoic lacustrine basins, China

10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.03.006

2018-03-21

This study examines the abundance and distribution of MTTCs and biomarker compositions in samples of MTTC-rich sediments obtained from Paleogene strata in the Bohai Bay, Jianghan and Western Qaidam Basins in China. Biomarker signatures, including high C35/C34...

Temperature effect on abundance and distribution of leaf wax n-alkanes across a temperature gradient along the 400 mm isohyet in China

10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.03.009

2018-03-21

Long chain n-alkanes are plant wax biomarkers that are widely used in paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Temperature is an important influence on the composition of leaf wax n-alkanes. However, to date, understanding of changes in the abundance and distribut...

Influence of vegetation type on n-alkane composition and hydrogen isotope values from a high latitude ombrotrophic bog

10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.03.008

2018-03-21

The composition and hydrogen isotope values of leaf wax components can be powerful tools in reconstructing past climate and environments. However, interpretation of past environmental conditions from such components in sediments is complicated by species-spec...

Patterns of change in permanganate oxidizable soil organic matter from semiarid drylands reflected by absorbance spectroscopy and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.03.005

2018-03-14

Organic matter (OM) oxidized by slightly alkaline KMnO4, termed permanganate-oxidizable carbon (POXC), has recently emerged as a standardized indicator of active, labile carbon within soil quality frameworks. Yet, qualitative information on POXC, particularly...

Glacial-interglacial vegetation changes in northeast China inferred from isotopic composition of pyrogenic carbon from Lake Xingkai sediments

10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.03.004

2018-03-10

Understanding the changes in monsoon intensity and ecosystem response at different timescales is crucial for the well-being of humans, yet the paleoclimatic interpretation of stable carbon isotope (δ13C) values from northeast China records is debatable. In th...