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Research article
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28 Apr 2020
Research article |
| 28 Apr 2020
| 28 Apr 2020
Age and origin of leaf wax n-alkanes in fluvial sediment–paleosol sequences and implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions
Marcel Bliedtner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena,
Löbdergraben 32, 07743 Jena, Germany
Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change
Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Hans von Suchodoletz
Institute of Geography, University of Technology Dresden, 01069
Dresden, Germany
Institute of Geography, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Imke Schäfer
Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change
Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Caroline Welte
Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Gary Salazar
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Oeschger Centre for
Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Sönke Szidat
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Oeschger Centre for
Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Mischa Haas
Department of Surface Waters Research and Management, Eawag, 8600
Dübendorf, Switzerland
Nathalie Dubois
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, 8006 Zurich,
Switzerland
Roland Zech
Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena,
Löbdergraben 32, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Short summary
This study investigates the age and origin of leaf wax n-alkanes from a fluvial sediment–paleosol sequence (FSPS) by compound-class 14C dating. Our results show varying age offsets between the formation and sedimentation of leaf wax n-alkanes from well-developed (paleo)soils and fluvial sediments that are mostly due to their complex origin in such sequences. Thus, dating the leaf wax n-alkanes is an important step for more robust leaf-wax-based paleoenvironmental reconstructions in FSPSs.
This study investigates the age and origin of leaf wax n-alkanes from a fluvial...
