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Research article
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29 Jun 2015
Research article |
| 29 Jun 2015
Coupling δ2H and δ18O biomarker results yields information on relative humidity and isotopic composition of precipitation – a climate transect validation study
M. Tuthorn
Department of Soil Physics and Chair of Geomorphology, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
R. Zech
Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
M. Ruppenthal
Geoecology, University of Tübingen, Rümelinstr. 19–23, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Y. Oelmann
Geoecology, University of Tübingen, Rümelinstr. 19–23, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
A. Kahmen
Department of Environmental Sciences – Botany, University of Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 6, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
H. F. del Valle
Ecología Terrestre, Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Boulevard Brown 2825, U9120ACF Puerto Madryn, Argentina
T. Eglinton
Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
K. Rozanski
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30–059 Kraków, Poland
M. Zech
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Soil Physics and Chair of Geomorphology, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Institute of Agronomy and Nutritional Sciences, Soil Biogeochemistry, Martin-Luther University Halle–Wittenberg, von-Seckendorff-Platz 3, 06120 Halle, Germany
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Stable water isotopes (18O/16O and 2H/1H) are invaluable proxies for paleoclimate research. Here we use a coupled 18O/16O and 2H/1H biomarker approach based on plant-derived sugars and n-alkanes. Applying this innovative approach to a topsoil transect allows for (i) calculating the deuterium-excess of leaf water as a proxy for relative humidity and (ii) calculating the plant source water isotopic composition (~precipitation). The approach is validated by the presented climate transect results.
Stable water isotopes (18O/16O and 2H/1H) are invaluable proxies for paleoclimate research. Here...
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