Reading List for Short Course Organic Geochemical Stratigraphy

Limnological Research Center, University of Minnesota
May 19-22, 2003

From Joe Werne:

Two good review papers by Phil Meyers on organic geochemical techniques:
Organic geochemical proxies of paleoceanographic, paleolimnologic, and paleoclimatic processes
Applications of organic geochemistry to paleolimnological reconstructions:a summary of examples from the Laurentian Great Lakes

From Peter Leavitt:

Sedimentary pigments (chapter from DPER volume)
Past UVR environments and impacts on lakes
Century-long effects of forest harvest on the physical structure and autotrophic community of a small temperate lake
Past ultraviolet radiation environments in lakes derived from fossil pigments
Effects of agriculture, urbanization, and climate on water quality in the northern Great Plains

From Stefano Bernasconi:

Nitrogen isotopes in palaeolimnology (M. Talbot chapter from DPER volume)
Carbon and nitrogen isotope variations in sedimenting organic matter in Lake Lugano
The record of nitrate utilization and productivity limitation provided by d 15 N values in lake organic matter — A study of sediment trap and core sediments from Baldeggersee, Switzerland

From Yongsong Huang:

Sauer, P.E., Eglinton, T.I., Hayes, J.M., Schimmelmann, A. and Sessions, A., 2001, Compound-specific D/H ratios of lipid biomarkers from sediments as a proxy for environmental and climatic conditions: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 65, p. 213-222.
Andersen, N., Paul, H.A., Bernasconi, S.M., McKenzie, J.A., Behrens, A., Schaeffer, P., Albrecht, P., 2001. Large and rapid climate variability during the Messinian salinity crisis: Evidence from deuterium concentrations of individual biomarkers. Geology 29, 799-802.
Gibson J.J. and Edwards T.W.D. (2002) Regional water balance trends and evaporation-transpiration partitioning from a stable isotope survey of lakes in northern Canada. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16, 10-1 to 10-14. (pdf soon to come)
Huang Y., Shuman B., Wang Y. and Webb III T. (2002) Hydrogen isotope ratios of palmitic acid in lacustrine sediments record late Quaternary climate variations. Geology 30, 1103-1106.

more to come . . .

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background image: portion of core Lauca-Chun-02-12A-4 from Lago Chungará, northern Chile