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Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
5047
World Ranking
7892
National Ranking
125

Best Publications

  • Molecular Paleohydrology: Interpreting the Hydrogen-Isotopic Composition of Lipid Biomarkers from Photosynthesizing Organisms

    Dirk Sachse;Isabelle Billault;Gabriel J. Bowen;Yoshito Chikaraishi

  • Analysis of intact tetraether lipids in archaeal cell material and sediments by high performance liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry.

    Ellen C. Hopmans;Stefan Schouten;Richard D. Pancost;Marcel T.J. van der Meer

  • Archaeal and Bacterial Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraether Lipids in Hot Springs of Yellowstone National Park

    Stefan Schouten;Marcel T. J. van der Meer;Ellen C. Hopmans;W. Irene C. Rijpstra

  • Process length variation in cysts of a dinoflagellate, Lingulodinium machaerophorum, in surface sediments: Investigating its potential as salinity proxy

    Kenneth N. Mertens;Sofia Ribeiro;Sofia Ribeiro;Ilham Bouimetarhan;Hulya Caner

  • A 25,000-year record of climate-induced changes in lowland vegetation of eastern equatorial Africa revealed by the stable carbon-isotopic composition of fossil plant leaf waxes

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Dirk Verschuren;Jort Ossebaar;Jord Blokker

  • Hydrogen isotopic compositions of long-chain alkenones record freshwater flooding of the Eastern Mediterranean at the onset of sapropel deposition

    Marcel T.J. van der Meer;Marianne Baas;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Gianluca Marino;Gianluca Marino

  • Molecular isotopic and dinoflagellate evidence for Late Holocene freshening of the Black Sea

    Marcel T.J. van der Meer;Francesca Sangiorgi;Marianne Baas;Henk Brinkhuis

  • Autotrophy of green non-sulphur bacteria in hot spring microbial mats: biological explanations for isotopically heavy organic carbon in the geological record

    Marcel T. J. Van Der Meer;Stefan Schouten;Jan W. De Leeuw;David M. Ward

  • Distribution of Crenarchaeota tetraether membrane lipids in surface sediments from the Red Sea

    Gabriele Trommer;Michael Siccha;Marcel T.J. van der Meer;Stefan Schouten

  • Diel Variations in Carbon Metabolism by Green Nonsulfur-Like Bacteria in Alkaline Siliceous Hot Spring Microbial Mats from Yellowstone National Park

    Marcel T. J. van der Meer;Stefan Schouten;Mary M. Bateson;Ulrich Nübel

  • The effect of the reversed tricarboxylic acid cycle on the 13C contents of bacterial lipids

    Marcel T.J. van der Meer;Stefan Schouten;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Assessment of soil n-alkane δD and branched tetraether membrane lipid distributions as tools for paleoelevation reconstruction

    F. Peterse;M. T. J. van der Meer;S. Schouten;G. Jia

  • Salinity dependent hydrogen isotope fractionation in alkenones produced by coastal and open ocean haptophyte algae

    Daniela M’boule;David Chivall;Danielle Sinke-Schoen;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Compound-specific isotopic fractionation patterns suggest different carbon metabolisms among Chloroflexus-like bacteria in hot-spring microbial mats.

    Marcel T. J. van der Meer;Stefan Schouten;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Jan W. de Leeuw

  • The effects of growth phase and salinity on the hydrogen isotopic composition of alkenones produced by coastal haptophyte algae

    David Chivall;Daniela M’Boule;Daniëlle Sinke-Schoen;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Impact of carbon metabolism on 13C signatures of cyanobacteria and green non-sulfur-like bacteria inhabiting a microbial mat from an alkaline siliceous hot spring in Yellowstone National Park (USA).

    Marcel T. J. Van Der Meer;Stefan Schouten;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;David M. Ward

  • Distribution of branched tetraether lipids in geothermally heated soils: Implications for the MBT/CBT temperature proxy

    Francien Peterse;Stefan Schouten;Jaap van der Meer;Marcel T.J. van der Meer

  • Seasonal variability in the abundance and stable carbon-isotopic composition of lipid biomarkers in suspended particulate matter from a stratified equatorial lake (Lake Chala, Kenya/Tanzania): Implications for the sedimentary record

    L.G.J. van Bree;F. Peterse;M.T.J. van der Meer;J.J. Middelburg

  • Depth-related differences in archaeal populations impact the isoprenoid tetraether lipid composition of the Mediterranean Sea water column

    Marc A. Besseling;Ellen C. Hopmans;Michel Koenen;Marcel T.J. van der Meer

  • Large effect of irradiance on hydrogen isotope fractionation of alkenones in Emiliania huxleyi

    Marcel T J van der Meer;Albert Benthien;Katherine L. French;Eric Epping

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