Karakitsios, V., Tsikos, H., Van Breugel, Y., Koletti, L., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Jenkyns, H.C.
Integrated biostratigraphic (planktonic foraminifera, calcareous nannofossils), chemostratigraphic (bulk C and O isotopes) and compound-specific organic geochemical studies of a mid-Cretaceous...
Ongoing buildup of refractory organic carbon in boreal soils during the Holocene (2006)
Smittenberg, R.H, Eglinton, T.I., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
Radiocarbon ages of vascular plant wax–derived n-alkanes preserved in well-dated Holocene sediments in an anoxic fjord (Saanich Inlet, Canada) were found to be not only substantially older than the...
Schouten, S., Buscail, R., Ludwig, W., Bonnin, Jérôme, Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., ...
The Branched and Isoprenoid Tetraether (BIT) index is based on the relative abundance of nonisoprenoidal glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) derived from organisms living in terrestrial...
Huguet, C., Cartes, J.E., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S.
Pelagic Crenarchaeota produce glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) as membrane lipids, and the GDGT composition changes according to growth temperature. This forms the basis of the...
Instability in tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures during the Early Aptian (2006)
Dumitrescu, M., Brassell, S.C., Schouten, S., Hopmans, E.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
The Cretaceous has long been recognized as a time when greenhouse conditions were fueled by elevated atmospheric CO2 and accompanied by perturbations of the global carbon cycle described as oceanic...
Early reactivation of European rivers during the last deglaciation (2006)
Ménot, G., Bard, E., Rostek, F., Weijers, J.W.H., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., ...
During the Last Glacial Maximum, the sea-level lowstand combined with the large extent of the Fennoscandian and British ice sheets led to the funneling of European continental runoff, resulting in...
Archaeal nitrification in the ocean (2006)
Wuchter, C., Abbas, B., Coolen, M.J.L., Herfort, L., Bleijswijk, J. Van, Timmers, P., ...
Marine Crenarchaeota are the most abundant single group of prokaryotes in the ocean, but their physiology and role in marine biogeochemical cycles are unknown. Recently, a member of this clade was...
A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification (2006)
Raghoebarsing, A.A., Pol, A., Smolders, A.J.P., Ettwig, K.F., Rijpstra, W.I.C., ...
Modern agriculture has accelerated biological methane and nitrogen cycling on a global scale. Freshwater sediments often receive increased downward fluxes of nitrate from agricultural runoff and...
Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum (2006)
Sluijs, A., Schouten, S., Pagani, M., Pedentchouk, N., Brinkhuis, H., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., ...
Episodic fresh surface waters in the Eocene Arctic Ocean (2006)
Brinkhuis, H., Schouten, S., Collinson, M. E., Sluijs, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., Dickens, G. R., ...
Boumann, H.A., Hopmans, E.C., Strous, M., Jetten, M.S.M., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., ...
Anammox bacteria present in wastewater treatment systems and marine environments are capable of anaerobically oxidizing ammonium to dinitrogen gas. This anammox metabolism takes place in the...
Chemical fingerprinting of algaenans using RuO4 degradation (2006)
Blokker, P., Ende, H. Van Den, Leeuw, J.W. De, Versteegh, G.J.M., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
Episodic fresh surface waters in the Eocene Arctic Ocean (2006)
Brinkhuis, H., Schouten, S., Collinson, M.E., Sluijs, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Dickens, G.R., ...
Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum. (2006)
Pagani, M., Pedentchouk, N., Huber, M., Sluijs, A., Schouten, S., Brinkhuis, H., ...
Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum (2006)
Sluijs, A., Schouten, S., Pagani, M., Woltering, M., Brinkhuis, H., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., ...
Herfort, L., Schouten, S., Boon, J.P., Woltering, M., Baas, M., Weijers, J., ...
We have applied a recently introduced proxy, the BIT (branched and isoprenoid tetraether) index, to determine terrestrial organic matter (TOM) transport from the rivers Rhine and Meuse and their...
Application of the TEX86 temperature proxy to the southern North Sea (2006)
Herfort, L., Schouten, S., Boon, J.P., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
A novel temperature proxy, the tetraether index of lipids with 86 carbon atoms (TEX86), was applied to the suspended particulate organic matter (POM) and sediment core tops from eight sites in the...
Hopmans, E.C., Kienhuis, M.V.M., Rattray, J.E., Jaeschke, A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
Ladderane lipids, containing three or five linearly concatenated cyclobutane moieties, are considered to be unique biomarkers for the process of anaerobic ammonium oxidation, an important link in the...
Huguet, C., Hopmans, E.C., Febo-Ayala, W., Thompson, D.H., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S.
Isoprenoid glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) are specific membrane lipids derived from archaea, one of the three domains of life. These lipids can be used as biomarkers in...
Huguet, C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S.
Two sediment cores from the western Arabian Sea, NIOP905 and 74KL, were analyzed to determine sea surface temperature (SST) variations over the last 23 kyr. Two organic molecular SST proxies were...
Huguet, C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S.
Original article: Reconstruction of sea surface temperature variations in the Arabian Sea over the last 23 kyr using organic proxies (TEX86 and UK'37), vol 21 (2006),PA3003
Rohling, E.J., Hopmans, E.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
Marine organic-rich sediments are important for long-term carbon sequestration, and as a source of fossil hydrocarbons, but the processes underlying their formation remain elusive. We present a...
Breugel, Y. Van, Baas, M., Schouten, S., Mattioli, E., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
The prominent negative stable carbon isotope excursion in both carbonate and organic carbon recorded in organic-rich sediments deposited during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event (OAE) has commonly...
Dongen, B.E. Van, Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
A complete total organic carbon (TOC) cycle in the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation (KCF) comprising the extremely TOC-rich (34%) Blackstone Band was studied to investigate the controlling...
Weijers, J.W.H., Schouten, S., Hopmans, E.C., Geenevasen, J.A.J., David, O.R.P., Coleman, J.M., ...
The 16S ribosomal DNA based distinction between the bacterial and archaeal domains of life is strongly supported by the membrane lipid composition of the two domains; Bacteria generally contain...
Weijers, J.W.H., Schouten, S., Spaargaren, O., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
A diverse collection of globally distributed soil samples was analyzed for its glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) membrane lipid content. Branched GDGTs, derived from anaerobic soil...
Wuchter, C., Schouten, S., Wakeham, S.G., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
The newly introduced temperature proxy, the tetraether index of archaeal lipids with 86 carbon atoms (TEX86), is based on the number of cyclopentane moieties in the glycerol dialkyl glycerol...
Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs (2005)
Raghoebarsing, A.A., Smolders, A.J.P., Schmid, M.C., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Wolters-Arts, M., Derksen, J., ...
Wetlands are the largest natural source of atmospheric methane, the second most important greenhouse gas. Methane flux to the atmosphere depends strongly on the climate; however, by far the largest...
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Smittenberg, R.H., Baas, M., Green, M.J., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S.
The biogeochemical sedimentary record of the anoxic Drammensfjord, Norway, was investigated on a decadal to centennial time scale over the last millennium, in order to reconstruct the pre-industrial...
Large temperature variability in the southern African tropics since the Last Glacial Maximum (2005)
Powers, L.A., Johnson, T.C., Werne, J.P., Castañeda, I.S., Hopmans, E., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., ...
Identification of carotenals in sediments (2005)
Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
High performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array UV–Vis detection and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry was used to analyze sediment samples from the meromictic...
Pancost, R.D., Zhang, C.L., Tavacoli, J., Talbot, H.M., Farrimond, P., Schouten, S., ...
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is common in ocean-margin sediments, where it is mediated by consortia of Archaea and Bacteria and can result in the formation of authigenic carbonate, including...
Reneerkens, J., Piersma, Th., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
It has long been recognised that nest depredation by olfactory-searching mammals greatly influences the reproductive success of ground-nesting birds. Yet adaptations of birds to diminish smell during...
Structural identification of steryl alkyl ethers in marine sediments (2005)
Schouten, S., Rampen, S.W., Geenevasen, J.A.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
Steryl alkyl ethers have been reported to occur in immature marine sediments up to Cretaceous age. Here, we report their unambiguous structural identification in Holocene sediments from the Arabian...
Structural identification of sedimentary C21 and C22 highly branched isoprenoid alkanes (2005)
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Baas, M., Geenevasen, J.A.J., Kenig, F.
C21 and C22 highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkanes occurring in high relative abundance in lagoonal sediments of Abu Dhabi have been unambiguously identified as...
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Geenevasen, J.A.J., Strous, M., Jetten, M.S.M.
The membrane lipid composition of planctomycetes capable of the anaerobic oxidation of ammonium (anammox), i.e. Candidatus ‘Brocadia anammoxidans’ and Candidatus ‘Kuenenia stuttgartiensis’,...
Smittenberg, R.H., Baas, M., Green, M.J., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
The biogeochemical sedimentary record of the anoxic Drammensfjord, Norway, was investigated on a decadal to centennial time scale over the last millennium, in order to reconstruct the pre-industrial...
Stadnitskaia, A., Muyzer, G., Abbas, B., Coolen, M.J.L., Hopmans, E.C., Baas, M., ...
Many mud volcanoes were recently discovered in the euxinic bottom waters of the Sorokin Trough (NE Black Sea). Three of them, i.e., NIOZ, Odessa, and Kazakov, were selected for a detailed...
Breugel, Y. Van, Schouten, S., Paetzel, M., Nordeide, R., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
A negative carbon isotope shift in sedimentary organic carbon deposited in stratified marine and lacustrine systems has often been inferred to be a consequence of the process of recycling of respired...
Wuchter, C., Schouten, S., Wakeham, S.G., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
The TEX86 is a new temperature proxy which is based on the number of cyclopentane moieties in the glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids of the membranes of Crenarchaeota that occur...
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Smittenberg, R.H., Pancost, R.D., Hopmans, E.C., Paetzel, M.
A 400-year sedimentary record of the euxinic Kyllaren Fjord was investigated using organic biogeochemical, geochemical and sedimentological approaches. Accumulation rates of a suite of biomarkers,...
A mixed ladderane/n-alkyl glycerol diether in anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacterium (2004)
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Strous, M., Jetten, M.S.M., David, O.R.P., Geenevasen, J.A.J., ...
A novel glycerol diether containing ladderane and tetradecyl moieties has been identified in an anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacterium by GC/MS and high-field NMR spectroscopy.
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Hopmans, E.C., Weijers, J.W.H., Schefuss, E., Herfort, L., Schouten, S.
We propose a novel tracer for terrestrial organic carbon in sediments based on the analysis of tetraether lipids using high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS). Analysis of...
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Versteegh, G.M., Blokker, P., Wood, G.D., Collinson, M.E., Leeuw, J.W. De
A palynologically monotypic assemblage from the Eocene Jatta Gypsum Formation has (Pakistan) been analyzed microscopically and chemically. Scanning electron microscopy shows that the palynomorphs are...
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Wakeham, S.G., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S.
The Black Sea and the Cariaco Basin are both large, euxinic marine basins in which methane concentrations are high and where anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is an important part of the carbon...
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Grossi, V., Beker, B., Geenevasen, J.A.J., Schouten, S., Raphel, D., ...
The hydrocarbon composition of the marine diatom Pleurosigma strigosum isolated from coastal Mediterranean sediments is described. A suite of five C25 highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes with...
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Tsikos, H., Jenkyns, H.C., Walsworth-Bell, B., Petrizzo, M.R., Forster, A., ...
We present new, detailed carbon-isotope records for bulk carbonate, total organic carbon (TOC) and phytane from three key sections spanning the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary interval (Eastbourne,...
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Coolen, M.J.L., Muyzer, G., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Schouten, S., Volkman, J.K.
Preserved ribosomal DNA of planktonic phototrophic algae was recovered from Holocene anoxic sediments of Ace Lake (Antarctica), and the ancient community members were identified based on comparative...
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Smittenberg, R.H., Hopmans, E.C., Schouten, S., Hayes, J.M., Eglinton, T.I.
The radiocarbon contents of various biomarkers extracted from the varve-counted sediments of Saanich Inlet, Canada, were determined to assess their applicability for dating purposes. Calibrated ages...
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Wagner, T., Hofmann, P., Beckmann, B.
Euxinia and primary production in Late Cretaceous eastern equatorial Atlantic surface waters fostered orbitally driven formation of marine black shales Thomas Wagner Department of Geosciences,...
High paleotemperatures in the Late Cretaceous Arctic ocean (2004)
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Jenkyns, H., Forster, A., Schouten, S.
To understand the climate dynamics of the warm, equable greenhouse world of the Late Cretaceous period, it is important to determine polar palaeotemperatures. The early palaeoceanographic history of...
Higher plant vegetation changes during Pliocene sapropel formation (2004)
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Menzel, D., Schouten, S., Bergen, P.F. Van
The 13C values of higher plant wax C2733 n-alkanes were determined in three, time-equivalent Pliocene (2.943 Ma) sapropels and homogeneous calcareous ooze from three different sites forming an...
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Werne, J.P., Zitter, T., Haese, R.R., Aloisi, G., Bouloubassi, I., ...
Recent field observations have identified the widespread occurrence of fluid seepage through the eastern Mediterranean Sea floor in association with mud volcanism or along deep faults. Gas hydrates...
Lipid biomarkers as major source and preservation indicators in SE-Atlantic surface sediments (2004)
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schefuss, E., Versteegh, G.J.M., Jansen, J.H.F.
Surface sediments from the eastern South Atlantic were investigated for their lipid biomarker contents and bulk organic geochemical characteristics to identify sources, transport pathways and...