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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5363-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5363-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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04 Oct 2021
Research article |
| 04 Oct 2021
| 04 Oct 2021
Validation of a coupled δ2Hn-alkane–δ18Osugar paleohygrometer approach based on a climate chamber experiment
Johannes Hepp
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Chair of Geomorphology, BayCEER, University of Bayreuth,
Universitätsstrasse 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Soil
Biogeochemistry, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences,, Martin Luther University of Halle–Wittenberg,
Von-Seckendorff-Platz 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
present address: Chair of Geomorphology, BayCEER, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95440
Bayreuth, Germany
Christoph Mayr
Institute of Geography, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
GeoBio-Center, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig Maximilian
University of Munich, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany
Kazimierz Rozanski
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of
Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Imke Kathrin Schäfer
Institute of Geography, Oeschger Centre for Climate Research,
University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Mario Tuthorn
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hanna-Kunath-Str. 11, 28199 Bremen,
Germany
present address: Thermo Fisher Scientific,
Hanna-Kunath-Str. 11, 28199 Bremen, Germany
Bruno Glaser
Soil
Biogeochemistry, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences,, Martin Luther University of Halle–Wittenberg,
Von-Seckendorff-Platz 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
Dieter Juchelka
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hanna-Kunath-Str. 11, 28199 Bremen,
Germany
Willibald Stichler
Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for
Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg,
Germany
Roland Zech
Institute of Geography, Oeschger Centre for Climate Research,
University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Chair of Physical Geography, Institute of Geography,
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Löbdergraben 32, 07743 Jena,
Germany
present address: Chair of
Physical Geography, Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Löbdergraben
32, 07743 Jena, Germany
Michael Zech
Soil
Biogeochemistry, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences,, Martin Luther University of Halle–Wittenberg,
Von-Seckendorff-Platz 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
Heisenberg Chair of Physical Geography with
focus on paleoenvironmental research, Institute of Geography, Technische Universität Dresden,
Helmholtzstrasse 10, 01062 Dresden, Germany
present address: Heisenberg Chair of Physical Geography with focus on paleoenvironmental research,
Institute of Geography, Technische Universität Dresden,
Helmholtzstrasse 10, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Short summary
Deriving more quantitative climate information like relative air humidity is one of the key challenges in paleostudies. Often only qualitative reconstructions can be done when single-biomarker-isotope data are derived from a climate archive. However, the coupling of hemicellulose-derived sugar with leaf-wax-derived n-alkane isotope results has the potential to overcome this limitation and allow a quantitative relative air humidity reconstruction.
Deriving more quantitative climate information like relative air humidity is one of the key...
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