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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5363-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5363-2021
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04 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 04 Oct 2021

Validation of a coupled δ2Hn-alkaneδ18Osugar paleohygrometer approach based on a climate chamber experiment

Johannes Hepp, Christoph Mayr, Kazimierz Rozanski, Imke Kathrin Schäfer, Mario Tuthorn, Bruno Glaser, Dieter Juchelka, Willibald Stichler, Roland Zech, and Michael Zech

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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.
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