You, D, Stein, R, Fahl, K, Limoges, A and Schefuß, E (2024) Interaction between ice sheet dynamics and sea surface characteristics in the Labrador Sea during the last 50 ka. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 629. 118596. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118596
Blumenberg, M, Naafs, BDA, Lückge, A, Lauretano, V, Schefuß, E, Galloway, JM, Scheeder, G and Reinhardt, L (2024) Biomarker reconstruction of a high‐latitude late Paleocene to early eocene coal swamp environment across the PETM and ETM‐2 (Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada). Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 39(2). doi:10.1029/2023PA004712
Jaeschke, A, Böhm, C, Schween, JH, Schefuß, E, Koch, MA, Latorre, C, Contreras, S, Rethemeyer, J, Wissel, H and Lücke, A (2024) Evaluating the isotopic composition of leaf organic compounds in fog-dependent Tillandsia landbeckii across the coastal Atacama Desert: Implications for hydroclimate reconstructions at the dry limit. Global and Planetary Change, 235. 104393. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104393
Meyer, VD, Pätzold, J, Mollenhauer, G, Castañeda, IS, Schouten, S and Schefuß, E (2024) Evolution of winter precipitation in the Nile river watershed since the last glacial. Climate of the Past, 20(3). 523-546. doi:10.5194/cp-20-523-2024
Jaeschke, A, May, SM, Hakobyan, A, Mörchen, R, Bubenzer, O, Bernasconi, SM, Schefuß, E, Hoffmeister, D, Latorre, C, Gwozdz, M, Rethemeyer, J and Knief, C (2024) Microbial hotspots in a relict fog-dependent Tillandsia landbeckii dune from the coastal Atacama Desert. Global and Planetary Change, 234. 104383. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104383
Santos, RN, Rodrigues, T, Naughton, F, Schefuß, E, Oliveira, D, Moreno, J, Raposeiro, PM, Gil-Romera, G, Morgan, A, Leira, M, Gomes, SD, Ladd, SN, Trigo, RM, Ramos, AM and Hernández, A (2024) Understanding the Atlantic influence on climate and vegetation dynamics in western Iberia over the last 2000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 337. 108796. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108796
Young, DM, Baird, AJ, Morris, PJ, Dargie, GC, Mampouya Wenina, YE, Mbemba, M, Boom, A, Cook, P, Betts, R, Burke, E, Bocko, YE, Chadburn, S, Crabtree, DE, Crezee, B, Ewango, CEN, Garcin, Y, Georgiou, S, Girkin, NT, Gulliver, P, Hawthorne, D, Ifo, SA, Lawson, IT, Page, SE, Jovani‐Sancho, AJ, Schefuß, E, Sciumbata, M, Sjögersten, S and Lewis, SL (2023) Simulating carbon accumulation and loss in the central Congo peatlands. Global Change Biology, 29(23). 6812-6827. doi:10.1111/gcb.16966
Wei, B, Mollenhauer, G, Kusch, S, Hefter, J, Grotheer, H, Schefuß, E, Geibert, W, Ransby, D and Jia, G (2023) Anthropogenic perturbations change the quality and quantity of terrestrial carbon flux to the coastal ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128(10). doi:10.1029/2023JG007482
Haliuc, A, Daniau, AL, Mouillot, F, Chen, W, Leys, B, David, V, Hanquiez, V, Dennielou, B, Schefuß, E, Bayon, G and Crosta, X (2023) Microscopic charcoals in ocean sediments off Africa track past fire intensity from the continent. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1). doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00800-x
Albergaria-Barbosa, ACR, Schefuß, E, Taniguchi, S, Santos, PS, Cunha-Lignon, M, Tassoni-Filho, M, Figueira, RCL, Mahiques, MM and Bícego, MC (2023) Characterization of the organic matter produced by Atlantic Rainforest plants and its influence in the surface sediments deposited in a protected subtropical Estuarine–Lagoon system. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 57. 102728. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102728
Hawthorne, D, Lawson, IT, Dargie, GC, Bocko, YE, Ifo, SA, Garcin, Y, Schefuß, E, Hiles, W, Jovani-Sancho, AJ, Tyrrell, G, Biddulph, GE, Boom, A, Chase, BM, Gulliver, P, Page, SE, Roucoux, KH, Sjögersten, S, Young, DM and Lewis, SL (2023) Genesis and development of an interfluvial peatland in the central Congo Basin since the Late Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 305. 107992. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.107992
Fuchs, L, Guo, J, Schefuß, E, Sun, Y, Guo, F, Ziegler, M and Peterse, F (2023) Isotopic and magnetic proxies are good indicators of millennial-scale variability of the East Asian monsoon. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1). doi:10.1038/s43247-023-01090-z
You, D, Stein, R, Fahl, K, Williams, M, Schmidt, DN, McCave, IN, Barker, S, Schefuß, E, Niu, L, Kuhn, G and Niessen, F (2023) Last deglacial abrupt climate changes caused by meltwater pulses in the Labrador Sea. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1). doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00743-3
Du, X, Russell, JM, Liu, Z, Otto-Bliesner, BL, Oppo, DW, Mohtadi, M, Zhu, C, Galy, VV, Schefuß, E, Yan, Y, Rosenthal, Y, Dubois, N, Arbuszewski, J and Gao, Y (2023) North Atlantic cooling triggered a zonal mode over the Indian Ocean during Heinrich Stadial 1. Science Advances, 9(1). doi:10.1126/sciadv.add4909
Fietz, S, Baker, A, Miller, CS, Naafs, BDA, Peterse, F, Finch, J, Humphries, M, Schefuß, E, Roychoudhury, AN and Routh, J (2023) Terrestrial temperature evolution of southern Africa during the late Pleistocene and Holocene: Evidence from the Mfabeni Peatland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 299. 107870. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107870
Ferreira, JQ, Chiessi, CM, Hirota, M, Oliveira, RS, Prange, M, Häggi, C, Crivellari, S, Nandini-Weiss, SD, Bertassoli, DJ, Campos, MC, Mulitza, S, Albuquerque, ALS, Bahr, A and Schefuß, E (2022) Changes in obliquity drive tree cover shifts in eastern tropical South America. Quaternary Science Reviews, 279. 107402. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107402
Arnault, J, Niezgoda, K, Jung, G, Hahn, A, Zabel, M, Schefuß, E and Kunstmann, H (2022) Disentangling the contribution of moisture source change to isotopic proxy signatures: deuterium tracing with WRF-Hydro-iso-tag and application to southern African Holocene sediment archives. Journal of Climate, 35(22). 3855-3879. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0041.1
Garcin, Y, Schefuß, E, Dargie, GC, Hawthorne, D, Lawson, IT, Sebag, D, Biddulph, GE, Crezee, B, Bocko, YE, Ifo, SA, Mampouya Wenina, YE, Mbemba, M, Ewango, CEN, Emba, O, Bola, P, Kanyama Tabu, J, Tyrrell, G, Young, DM, Gassier, G, Girkin, NT, Vane, CH, Adatte, T, Baird, A, Boom, A, Gulliver, P, Morris, PJ, Page, SE, Sjögersten, S and Lewis, SL (2022) Hydroclimatic vulnerability of peat carbon in the central Congo Basin. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05389-3
Santos, RN, Schefuß, E, Cordeiro, LGMS, Oliveira, D, Hernández, A, Ramos, AM and Rodrigues, T (2022) Leaf wax biomarkers of a high-mountain lake area in western iberia—Implications for environmental reconstructions. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.994377
Gensel, J, Humphries, MS, Zabel, M, Sebag, D, Hahn, A and Schefuß, E (2022) Origin, transport, and retention of fluvial sedimentary organic matter in South Africa's largest freshwater wetland, Mkhuze Wetland System. Biogeosciences, 19(11). 2881-2902. doi:10.5194/bg-19-2881-2022
Baqloul, A, Schefuß, E, Kölling, M, Dupont, L, Groeneveld, J, Zhao, X, Reddad, H, Bouchaou, L and Bouimetarhan, I (2021) Climate and land-use effects on hydrological and vegetation signals during the last three millennia: Evidence from sedimentary leaf waxes in southwestern Morocco. The Holocene, 31(5). 699-708. doi:10.1177/0959683620988053
Eglinton, TI, Galy, VV, Hemingway, JD, Feng, X, Bao, H, Blattmann, TM, Dickens, AF, Gies, H, Giosan, L, Haghipour, N, Hou, P, Lupker, M, McIntyre, CP, Montluçon, DB, Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B, Ponton, C, Schefuß, E, Schwab, MS, Voss, BM, Wacker, L, Wu, Y and Zhao, M (2021) Climate control on terrestrial biospheric carbon turnover. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(8). e2011585118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2011585118
Cheddadi, R, Carré, M, Nourelbait, M, François, L, Rhoujjati, A, Manay, R, Ochoa, D and Schefuß, E (2021) Early Holocene greening of the Sahara requires Mediterranean winter rainfall. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(23). e2024898118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2024898118
Hahn, A, Schefuß, E, Groeneveld, J, Miller, C and Zabel, M (2021) Glacial to interglacial climate variability in the southeastern African subtropics (25–20° S). Climate of the Past, 17(1). 345-360. doi:10.5194/cp-17-345-2021
Häggi, C, Pätzold, J, Bouillon, S and Schefuß, E (2021) Impact of selective degradation on molecular isotope compositions in oxic and anoxic marine sediments. Organic Geochemistry, 153. 104192. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2021.104192
Bahr, A, Kaboth‐Bahr, S, Jaeschke, A, Chiessi, CM, Cruz, F, Carvalho, L, Rethemeyer, J, Schefuß, E, Geppert, P, Albuquerque, AL, Pross, J and Friedrich, O (2021) Late Holocene precipitation fluctuations in South America triggered by variability of the North Atlantic overturning circulation. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36(9). doi:10.1029/2021PA004223
Hahn, A, Neumann, FH, Miller, C, Finch, J, Frankland, T, Cawthra, HC, Schefuß, E and Zabel, M (2021) Mid-to Late Holocene climatic and anthropogenic influences in Mpondoland, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 261. 106938. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106938
Chiessi, CM, Mulitza, S, Taniguchi, NK, Prange, M, Campos, MC, Häggi, C, Schefuß, E, Pinho, TML, Frederichs, T, Portilho‐Ramos, RC, Sousa, SHM, Crivellari, S and Cruz, FW (2021) Mid‐ to late Holocene contraction of the Intertropical Convergence Zone over northeastern South America. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36(4). doi:10.1029/2020PA003936
Häggi, C, Hopmans, EC, Schefuß, E, Sawakuchi, AO, Schreuder, LT, Bertassoli, DJ, Chiessi, CM, Mulitza, S, Sawakuchi, HO, Baker, PA and Schouten, S (2021) Negligible quantities of particulate low‐temperature pyrogenic carbon reach the Atlantic Ocean via the Amazon River. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(9). doi:10.1029/2021GB006990
García-Alix, A, Camuera, J, Ramos-Román, MJ, Toney, JL, Sachse, D, Schefuß, E, Jiménez-Moreno, G, Jiménez-Espejo, FJ, López-Avilés, A, Anderson, RS and Yanes, Y (2021) Paleohydrological dynamics in the Western Mediterranean during the last glacial cycle. Global and Planetary Change, 202. 103527. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103527
Wei, B, Mollenhauer, G, Hefter, J, Kusch, S, Grotheer, H, Schefuß, E and Jia, G (2021) The nature, timescale, and efficiency of riverine export of terrestrial organic carbon in the (sub)tropics: Insights at the molecular level from the Pearl River and adjacent coastal sea. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 565. 116934. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116934
Sabino, M, Schefuß, E, Natalicchio, M, Dela Pierre, F, Birgel, D, Bortels, D, Schnetger, B and Peckmann, JL (2020) Climatic and hydrologic variability in the northern Mediterranean across the onset of the Messinian salinity crisis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 545. 109632. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109632
Esteban, I, Bamford, MK, House, A, Miller, CS, Neumann, FH, Schefuß, E, Pargeter, J, Cawthra, HC and Fisher, EC (2020) Coastal palaeoenvironments and hunter-gatherer plant-use at Waterfall Bluff rock shelter in Mpondoland (South Africa) from MIS 3 to the Early Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 250. 106664. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106664
Safaierad, R, Mohtadi, M, Zolitschka, B, Yokoyama, Y, Vogt, C and Schefuß, E (2020) Elevated dust depositions in West Asia linked to ocean–atmosphere shifts during North Atlantic cold events. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 202004071. doi:10.1073/pnas.2004071117
Jaeschke, A, Thienemann, M, Schefuß, E, Urban, J, Schäbitz, F, Wagner, B and Rethemeyer, J (2020) Holocene hydroclimate variability and vegetation response in the Ethiopian highlands (Lake Dendi). Frontiers in Earth Science, 8. doi:10.3389/feart.2020.585770
Ruan, Y, Mohtadi, M, Dupont, LM, Hebbeln, D, Kaars, S, Hopmans, EC, Schouten, S, Hyer, EJ and Schefuß, E (2020) Interaction of fire, vegetation, and climate in tropical ecosystems: A multiproxy study over the past 22,000 years. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 34(11). doi:10.1029/2020GB006677
Miller, C, Hahn, A, Liebrand, D, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2020) Mid- and low latitude effects on eastern South African rainfall over the Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 229. 106088. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106088
Schefuß, E and Dupont, LM (2020) Multiple drivers of Miocene C4 ecosystem expansions. Nature Geoscience, 13(7). 463-464. doi:10.1038/s41561-020-0590-5
Chen, Y, Huang, E, Schefuß, E, Mohtadi, M, Steinke, S, Liu, JJ, Martínez-Méndez, G and Tian, J (2020) Wetland expansion on the continental shelf of the northern South China Sea during deglacial sea level rise. Quaternary Science Reviews, 231. 106202. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106202
Ruan, Y, Mohtadi, M, van der Kaars, S, Dupont, LM, Hebbeln, D and Schefuß, E (2019) Differential hydro-climatic evolution of East Javanese ecosystems over the past 22,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 218. 49-60. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.015
Vorrath, ME, Müller, J, Esper, O, Mollenhauer, G, Haas, C, Schefuß, E and Fahl, K (2019) Highly branched isoprenoids for Southern Ocean sea ice reconstructions: a pilot study from the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Biogeosciences, 16(15). 2961-2981. doi:10.5194/bg-16-2961-2019
Contreras-Rosales, LA, Jennerjahn, T, Steinke, S, Mohtadi, M and Schefuß, E (2019) Holocene changes in biome size and tropical cyclone activity around the Northern South China Sea. Quaternary Science Reviews, 215. 45-63. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.05.004
Schreuder, LT, Hopmans, EC, Castañeda, IS, Schefuß, E, Mulitza, S, Sinninghe Damsté, JS and Schouten, S (2019) Late Quaternary biomass burning in Northwest Africa and interactions with climate, vegetation, and humans. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(2). 153-163. doi:10.1029/2018PA003467
Miller, C, Finch, J, Hill, T, Peterse, F, Humphries, M, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2019) Late Quaternary climate variability at Mfabeni peatland, eastern South Africa. Climate of the Past, 15(3). 1153-1170. doi:10.5194/cp-15-1153-2019
Zhao, X, Dupont, LM, Schefuß, E, Granger, R and Wefer, G (2019) Late-Holocene oceanic variability in the southern Benguela region driven by interplay of upwelling, fluvial discharge, and Agulhas leakage. The Holocene, 29(2). 219-230. doi:10.1177/0959683618810396
Häggi, C, Schefuß, E, Sawakuchi, AO, Chiessi, CM, Mulitza, S, Bertassoli, DJ, Hefter, J, Zabel, M, Baker, PA and Schouten, S (2019) Modern and late Pleistocene particulate organic carbon transport by the Amazon River: Insights from long-chain alkyl diols. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 262. 1-19. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.07.018
Thienemann, M, Kusch, S, Vogel, H, Ritter, B, Schefuß, E and Rethemeyer, J (2019) Neoglacial transition of atmospheric circulation patterns over Fennoscandia recorded in Holocene Lake Torneträsk sediments. Boreas, 48(2). 287-298. doi:10.1111/bor.12365
Bertassoli, DJ, Sawakuchi, AO, Chiessi, CM, Schefuß, E, Hartmann, GA, Häggi, C, Cruz, FW, Zabel, M, McGlue, MM, Santos, RA and Pupim, FN (2019) Spatiotemporal variations of riverine discharge within the Amazon Basin during the late Holocene coincide with extratropical temperature anomalies. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(15). 9013-9022. doi:10.1029/2019GL082936
Crivellari, S, Chiessi, CM, Kuhnert, H, Häggi, C, Mollenhauer, G, Hefter, J, Portilho-Ramos, R, Schefuß, E and Mulitza, S (2019) Thermal response of the western tropical Atlantic to slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 519. 120-129. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.05.006
Utida, G, Cruz, FW, Etourneau, J, Bouloubassi, I, Schefuß, E, Vuille, M, Novello, VF, Prado, LF, Sifeddine, A, Klein, V, Zular, A, Viana, JC and Turcq, B (2019) Tropical South Atlantic influence on Northeastern Brazil precipitation and ITCZ displacement during the past 2300 years. Scientific Reports, 9(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-38003-6
Gould, J, Kienast, M, Dowd, M and Schefuß, E (2019) An open-ocean assessment of alkenone δD as a paleo-salinity proxy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 246. 478-497. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2018.12.004
Bayon, G, Schefuß, E, Dupont, LM, Borges, AV, Dennielou, B, Lambert, T, Mollenhauer, G, Monin, L, Ponzevera, E, Skonieczny, C and André, L (2019) The roles of climate and human land-use in the late Holocene rainforest crisis of Central Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 505. 30-41. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.10.016
Garcin, Y, Deschamps, P, Ménot, G, de Saulieu, G, Schefuß, E, Sebag, D, Dupont, LM, Oslisly, R, Brademann, B, Mbusnum, KG, Onana, JM, Ako, AA, Epp, LS, Tjallingii, R, Strecker, MR, Brauer, A and Sachse, D (2018) Early anthropogenic impact on Western Central African rainforests 2,600 y ago. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(13). 3261-3266. doi:10.1073/pnas.1715336115
Coppola, AI, Wiedemeier, DB, Galy, V, Haghipour, N, Hanke, UM, Nascimento, GS, Usman, M, Blattmann, TM, Reisser, M, Freymond, CV, Zhao, M, Voss, B, Wacker, L, Schefuß, E, Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B, Abiven, S, Schmidt, MWI and Eglinton, TI (2018) Global-scale evidence for the refractory nature of riverine black carbon. Nature Geoscience, 11(8). 584-588. doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0159-8
Burdanowitz, N, Dupont, LM, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2018) Holocene hydrologic and vegetation developments in the Orange River catchment (South Africa) and their controls. The Holocene, 28(8). 1288-1300. doi:10.1177/0959683618771484
Kuechler, RR, Dupont, LM and Schefuß, E (2018) Hybrid insolation forcing of Pliocene monsoon dynamics in West Africa. Climate of the Past, 14(1). 73-84. doi:10.5194/cp-14-73-2018
Crivellari, S, Chiessi, CM, Kuhnert, H, Häggi, C, da Costa Portilho-Ramos, R, Zeng, JY, Zhang, Y, Schefuß, E, Mollenhauer, G, Hefter, J, Alexandre, F, Sampaio, G and Mulitza, S (2018) Increased Amazon freshwater discharge during late Heinrich Stadial 1. Quaternary Science Reviews, 181. 144-155. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.12.005
Jaeschke, A, Rethemeyer, J, Lappé, M, Schouten, S, Boeckx, P and Schefuß, E (2018) Influence of land use on distribution of soil n-alkane δD and brGDGTs along an altitudinal transect in Ethiopia: Implications for (paleo)environmental studies. Organic Geochemistry, 124. 77-87. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.06.006
Granger, R, Meadows, ME, Hahn, A, Zabel, M, Stuut, JBW, Herrmann, N and Schefuß, E (2018) Late-Holocene dynamics of sea-surface temperature and terrestrial hydrology in southwestern Africa. The Holocene, 28(5). 695-705. doi:10.1177/0959683617744259
Huang, E, Chen, Y, Schefuß, E, Steinke, S, Liu, JJ, Tian, J, Martínez-Méndez, G and Mohtadi, M (2018) Precession and glacial-cycle controls of monsoon precipitation isotope changes over East Asia during the Pleistocene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 494. 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.046
Hahn, A, Miller, C, Andò, S, Bouimetarhan, I, Cawthra, HC, Garzanti, E, Green, AN, Radeff, G, Schefuß, E and Zabel, M (2018) The provenance of terrigenous components in marine sediments along the east coast of Southern Africa. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. doi:10.1029/2017GC007228
Dupont, LM and Schefuß, E (2018) The roles of fire in Holocene ecosystem changes of West Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 481. 255-263. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.10.049
Caley, T, Extier, T, Collins, JA, Schefuß, E, Dupont, LM, Malaizé, B, Rossignol, L, Souron, A, McClymont, EL, Jiménez-Espejo, FJ, García-Comas, C, Eynaud, F, Martinez, P, Roche, DM, Jorry, SJ, Charlier, K, Wary, M, Gourves, PY, Billy, I and Giraudeau, J (2018) A two-million-year-long hydroclimatic context for hominin evolution in southeastern Africa. Nature, 560(7716). 76-79. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0309-6
Lattaud, J, Dorhout, D, Schulz, H, Castañeda, IS, Schefuß, E, Sinninghe Damsté, JS and Schouten, S (2017) The C-32 alkane-1,15-diol as a proxy of late Quaternary riverine input in coastal margins. Climate of the Past, 13(8). 1049-1061. doi:10.5194/cp-13-1049-2017
Zhang, Y, Chiessi, CM, Mulitza, S, Sawakuchi, AO, Häggi, C, Zabel, M, Portilho-Ramos, RC, Schefuß, E, Crivellari, S and Wefer, G (2017) Different precipitation patterns across tropical South America during Heinrich and Dansgaard-Oeschger stadials. Quaternary Science Reviews, 177. 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.10.012
Bertassoli, DJ, Sawakuchi, AO, Sawakuchi, HO, Pupim, FN, Hartmann, GA, McGlue, MM, Chiessi, CM, Zabel, M, Schefuß, E, Pereira, TS, Santos, RA, Faustino, SB, Oliveira, PE and Bicudo, DC (2017) The Fate of Carbon in Sediments of the Xingu and Tapajós Clearwater Rivers, Eastern Amazon. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4. doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00044
Herrmann, N, Boom, A, Carr, AS, Chase, BM, West, AG, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2017) Hydrogen isotope fractionation of leaf wax n -alkanes in southern African soils. Organic Geochemistry, 109. 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.03.008
Hemingway, JD, Schefuß, E, Spencer, RGM, Dinga, BJ, Eglinton, TI, McIntyre, C and Galy, VV (2017) Hydrologic controls on seasonal and inter-annual variability of Congo River particulate organic matter source and reservoir age. Chemical Geology, 466. 454-465. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.06.034
Collins, JA, Carr, AS, Schefuß, E, Boom, A and Sealy, J (2017) Investigation of organic matter and biomarkers from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa: Insights into Middle Stone Age site usage and palaeoclimate. Journal of Archaeological Science, 85. 51-65. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2017.06.011
Mohtadi, M, Prange, M, Schefuß, E and Jennerjahn, TC (2017) Late Holocene slowdown of the Indian Ocean Walker circulation. Nature Communications, 8(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00855-3
Sun, S, Schefuß, E, Mulitza, S, Chiessi, CM, Sawakuchi, AO, Zabel, M, Baker, PA, Hefter, J and Mollenhauer, G (2017) Origin and processing of terrestrial organic carbon in the Amazon system: lignin phenols in river, shelf, and fan sediments. Biogeosciences, 14(9). 2495-2512. doi:10.5194/bg-14-2495-2017
Zhao, X, Dupont, L, Schefuß, E, Bouimetarhan, I and Wefer, G (2017) Palynological evidence for Holocene climatic and oceanographic changes off western South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 165. 88-101. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.04.022
Collins, JA, Prange, M, Caley, T, Gimeno, L, Beckmann, B, Mulitza, S, Skonieczny, C, Roche, D and Schefuß, E (2017) Rapid termination of the African Humid Period triggered by northern high-latitude cooling. Nature Communications, 8(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01454-y
Häggi, C, Chiessi, CM, Merkel, U, Mulitza, S, Prange, M, Schulz, M and Schefuß, E (2017) Response of the Amazon rainforest to late Pleistocene climate variability. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 479. 50-59. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.013
Nelson, DB, Knohl, A, Sachse, D, Schefuß, E and Kahmen, A (2017) Sources and abundances of leaf waxes in aerosols in central Europe. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 198. 299-314. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.11.018
Hahn, A, Schefuß, E, Andò, S, Cawthra, HC, Frenzel, P, Kugel, M, Meschner, S, Mollenhauer, G and Zabel, M (2017) Southern Hemisphere anticyclonic circulation drives oceanic and climatic conditions in late Holocene southernmost Africa. Climate of the Past, 13(6). 649-665. doi:10.5194/cp-13-649-2017
Mulitza, S, Chiessi, CM, Schefuß, E, Lippold, J, Wichmann, D, Antz, B, Mackensen, A, Paul, A, Prange, M, Rehfeld, K, Werner, M, Bickert, T, Frank, N, Kuhnert, H, Lynch-Stieglitz, J, Portilho-Ramos, RC, Sawakuchi, AO, Schulz, M, Schwenk, T, Tiedemann, R, Vahlenkamp, M and Zhang, Y (2017) Synchronous and proportional deglacial changes in Atlantic meridional overturning and northeast Brazilian precipitation. Paleoceanography, 32(6). 622-633. doi:10.1002/2017PA003084
Chen, W, Mohtadi, M, Schefuß, E and Mollenhauer, G (2016) Concentrations and abundance ratios of long-chain alkenones and glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in sinking particles south of Java. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 112. 14-24. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.02.010
Hahn, A, Compton, JS, Meyer-Jacob, C, Kirsten, KL, Lucasssen, F, Pérez Mayo, M, Schefuß, E and Zabel, M (2016) Holocene paleo-climatic record from the South African Namaqualand mudbelt: A source to sink approach. Quaternary International, 404. 121-135. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.017
Zhao, X, Dupont, LM, Schefuß, E, Meadows, ME, Hahn, A and Wefer, G (2016) Holocene vegetation and climate variability in the winter and summer rainfall zones of South Africa. The Holocene. doi:10.1177/0959683615622544
Castañeda, IS, Schouten, S, Pätzold, J, Lucassen, F, Kasemann, SA, Kuhlmann, H and Schefuß, E (2016) Hydroclimate variability in the Nile River Basin during the past 28,000 years. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 438. 47-56. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.12.014
Schefuß, E, Eglinton, TI, Spencer-Jones, CL, Rullkötter, J, de Pol-Holz, R, Talbot, HM, Grootes, PM and Schneider, RR (2016) Hydrologic control of carbon cycling and aged carbon discharge in the Congo River basin. Nature Geoscience, 9(9). 687-690. doi:10.1038/ngeo2778
Hemingway, JD, Schefuß, E, Dinga, BJ, Pryer, H and Galy, VV (2016) Multiple plant-wax compounds record differential sources and ecosystem structure in large river catchments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 184. 20-40. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.04.003
Vogts, A, Badewien, T, Rullkötter, J and Schefuß, E (2016) Near-constant apparent hydrogen isotope fractionation between leaf wax n-alkanes and precipitation in tropical regions: Evidence from a marine sediment transect off SW Africa. Organic Geochemistry, 96. 18-27. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2016.03.003
Contreras-Rosales, LA, Schefuß, E, Meyer, V, Palamenghi, L, Lückge, A and Jennerjahn, TC (2016) Origin and fate of sedimentary organic matter in the northern Bay of Bengal during the last 18ka. Global and Planetary Change, 146. 53-66. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.09.008
Häggi, C, Sawakuchi, AO, Chiessi, CM, Mulitza, S, Mollenhauer, G, Sawakuchi, HO, Baker, PA, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2016) Origin, transport and deposition of leaf-wax biomarkers in the Amazon Basin and the adjacent Atlantic. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 192. 149-165. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.002
Herrmann, N, Boom, A, Carr, AS, Chase, BM, Granger, R, Hahn, A, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2016) Sources, transport and deposition of terrestrial organic material: A case study from southwestern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 149. 215-229. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.07.028
Hockun, K, Mollenhauer, G, Ho, SL, Hefter, J, Ohlendorf, C, Zolitschka, B, Mayr, C, Lücke, A and Schefuß, E (2016) Using distributions and stable isotopes of n-alkanes to disentangle organic matter contributions to sediments of Laguna Potrok Aike, Argentina. Organic Geochemistry, 102. 110-119. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2016.10.001
Niedermeyer, EM, Forrest, M, Beckmann, B, Sessions, AL, Mulch, A and Schefuß, E (2016) The stable hydrogen isotopic composition of sedimentary plant waxes as quantitative proxy for rainfall in the West African Sahel. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 184. 55-70. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.03.034
Spencer-Jones, CL, Wagner, T, Dinga, BJ, Schefuß, E, Mann, PJ, Poulsen, JR, Spencer, RGM, Wabakanghanzi, JN and Talbot, HM (2015) Bacteriohopanepolyols in tropical soils and sediments from the Congo River catchment area. Organic Geochemistry, 89-90. 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2015.09.003
Bouimetarhan, I, Dupont, LM, Kuhlmann, H, Pätzold, J, Prange, M, Schefuß, E and Zonneveld, KAF (2015) Northern Hemisphere control of deglacial vegetation changes in the Rufiji uplands (Tanzania). Climate of the Past, 11(5). 751-764. doi:10.5194/cp-11-751-2015
Häggi, C, Chiessi, CM and Schefuß, E (2015) Testing the D / H ratio of alkenones and palmitic acid as salinity proxies in the Amazon Plume. Biogeosciences, 12(23). 7239-7249. doi:10.5194/bg-12-7239-2015
Just, J, Schefuß, E, Kuhlmann, H, Stuut, JBW and Pätzold, J (2014) Climate induced sub-basin source-area shifts of Zambezi River sediments over the past 17ka. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 410. 190-199. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.045
Weijers, JWH, Schefuß, E, Kim, JH, Sinninghe Damsté, JS and Schouten, S (2014) Constraints on the sources of branched tetraether membrane lipids in distal marine sediments. Organic Geochemistry, 72. 14-22. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.04.011
Rampen, SW, Willmott, V, Kim, JH, Rodrigo-Gámiz, M, Uliana, E, Mollenhauer, G, Schefuß, E, Sinninghe Damsté, JS and Schouten, S (2014) Evaluation of long chain 1,14-alkyl diols in marine sediments as indicators for upwelling and temperature. Organic Geochemistry, 76. 39-47. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.07.012
Contreras-Rosales, LA, Jennerjahn, TC, Tharammal, T, Meyer, V, Lückge, A, Paul, A and Schefuß, E (2014) Evolution of the Indian Summer Monsoon and terrestrial vegetation in the Bengal region during the past 18 ka. Quaternary Science Reviews, 102. 133-148. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.08.010
Collins, JA, Schefuß, E, Govin, A, Mulitza, S and Tiedemann, R (2014) Insolation and glacial–interglacial control on southwestern African hydroclimate over the past 140 000 years. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 398. 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.034
Chen, W, Mohtadi, M, Schefuß, E and Mollenhauer, G (2014) Organic-geochemical proxies of sea surface temperature in surface sediments of the tropical eastern Indian Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 88. 17-29. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.03.005
Haberzettl, T, Baade, J, Compton, J, Daut, G, Dupont, LM, Finch, J, Frenzel, P, Green, A, Hahn, A, Hebbeln, D, Helmschrot, J, Humphries, M, Kasper, T, Kirsten, K, Mäusbacher, R, Meadows, M, Meschner, S, Quick, L, Schefuß, E, Wündsch, M and Zabel, M (2014) Paleoenvironmental investigations using a combination of terrestrial and marine sediments from South Africa - The RAIN (Regional Archives for Integrated iNvestigations) approach. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil I, 2014(1). 55-73. doi:10.1127/zgpI/2014/0055-0073
Vallé, F, Dupont, LM, Leroy, SAG, Schefuß, E and Wefer, G (2014) Pliocene environmental change in West Africa and the onset of strong NE trade winds (ODP Sites 659 and 658). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 414. 403-414. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.09.023
Garcin, Y, Schefuß, E, Schwab, VF, Garreta, V, Gleixner, G, Vincens, A, Todou, G, Séné, O, Onana, JM, Achoundong, G and Sachse, D (2014) Reconstructing C3 and C4 vegetation cover using n-alkane carbon isotope ratios in recent lake sediments from Cameroon, Western Central Africa. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 142. 482-500. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.07.004
Talbot, HM, Handley, L, Spencer-Jones, CL, Dinga, BJ, Schefuß, E, Mann, PJ, Poulsen, JR, Spencer, RGM, Wabakanghanzi, JN and Wagner, T (2014) Variability in aerobic methane oxidation over the past 1.2 Myrs recorded in microbial biomarker signatures from Congo fan sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 133. 387-401. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.02.035
Leider, A, Hinrichs, KU, Schefuß, E and Versteegh, GJM (2013) Distribution and stable isotopes of plant wax derived n-alkanes in lacustrine, fluvial and marine surface sediments along an Eastern Italian transect and their potential to reconstruct the hydrological cycle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 117. 16-32. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.04.018
Collins, JA, Schefuß, E, Mulitza, S, Prange, M, Werner, M, Tharammal, T, Paul, A and Wefer, G (2013) Estimating the hydrogen isotopic composition of past precipitation using leaf-waxes from western Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 65. 88-101. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.007
Kahmen, A, Schefuß, E and Sachse, D (2013) Leaf water deuterium enrichment shapes leaf wax n-alkane δD values of angiosperm plants I: Experimental evidence and mechanistic insights. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 111. 39-49. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.003
Kahmen, A, Hoffmann, B, Schefuß, E, Arndt, SK, Cernusak, LA, West, JB and Sachse, D (2013) Leaf water deuterium enrichment shapes leaf wax n-alkane δD values of angiosperm plants II: Observational evidence and global implications. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 111. 50-63. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.004
Dupont, LM, Rommerskirchen, F, Mollenhauer, G and Schefuß, E (2013) Miocene to Pliocene changes in South African hydrology and vegetation in relation to the expansion of C4 plants. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 375. 408-417. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.06.005
Kuechler, RR, Schefuß, E, Beckmann, B, Dupont, LM and Wefer, G (2013) NW African hydrology and vegetation during the Last Glacial cycle reflected in plant-wax-specific hydrogen and carbon isotopes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 82. 56-67. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.013
Hoetzel, S, Dupont, LM, Schefuß, E, Rommerskirchen, F and Wefer, G (2013) The role of fire in Miocene to Pliocene C4 grassland and ecosystem evolution. Nature Geoscience, 6(12). 1027-1030. doi:10.1038/ngeo1984
Rampen, SW, Willmott, V, Kim, JH, Uliana, E, Mollenhauer, G, Schefuß, E, Damste, JSS and Schouten, S (2012) Long chain 1,13- and 1,15-diols as a potential proxy for palaeotemperature reconstruction. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 84. 204-216. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.024
Bouimetarhan, I, Prange, M, Schefuß, E, Dupont, LM, Lippold, J, Mulitza, S and Zonneveld, KAF (2012) Sahel megadrought during Heinrich Stadial 1: evidence for a three-phase evolution of the low- and mid-level West African wind system. Quaternary Science Reviews, 58. 66-76. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.015
Vogts, A, Schefuß, E, Badewien, T and Rullkötter, J (2012) n-Alkane parameters from a deep sea sediment transect off Southwest Africa reflect continental vegetation and climate conditions. Organic Geochemistry, 47. 109-119. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.03.011
Dupont, LM, Linder, HP, Rommerskirchen, F and Schefuß, E (2011) Climate-driven rampant speciation of the cape flora. Journal of Biogeography, 38(6). 1059-1068. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02476.x
Schefuß, E, Kuhlmann, H, Mollenhauer, G, Prange, M and Pätzold, J (2011) Forcing of south-east African wet phases during the last 17,000 years. Nature, 480(7378). 509-512. doi:10.1038/nature10685
Collins, JA, Schefuß, E, Heslop, D, Mulitza, S, Prange, M, Zabel, M, Tjallingii, R, Dokken, T, Huang, E, Mackensen, A, Schulz, M, Tian, J, Zarriess, M and Wefer, G (2011) Interhemispheric symmetry of tropical African rainbelt over the past 23,000 years. Nature Geoscience, 4(1). 42-45. doi:10.1038/ngeo1039
Rommerskirchen, F, Condon, T, Mollenhauer, G, Dupont, LM and Schefuß, E (2011) Miocene to Pliocene development of surface and subsurface temperatures in the Benguela Current system. Paleoceanography, 26. PA3216. doi:10.1029/2010PA002074
Kusch, S, Rethemeyer, J, Schefuß, E and Mollenhauer, G (2010) Controls on the age of vascular plant biomarkers in Black Sea sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(24). 7031-7047. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.005
Lopes dos Santos, RA, Prange, M, Castañeda, IS, Schefuß, E, Mulitza, S, Schulz, M, Niedermeyer, EM, Sinninghe Damsté, JS and Schouten, S (2010) Glacial-interglacial variability in Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and thermocline adjustments in the tropical North Atlantic. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 300(3-4). 407-414. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.030
Castañeda, IS, Schefuß, E, Pätzold, J, Sinninghe Damsté, JS, Weldeab, S and Schouten, S (2010) Millennial-scale sea surface temperature changes in the eastern Mediterranean (Nile River Delta region) over the last 27,000 years. Paleoceanography, 25. PA1208. doi:10.1029/2009PA001740
Niedermeyer, EM, Schefuß, E, Sessions, AL, Mulitza, S, Mollenhauer, G, Schulz, M and Wefer, G (2010) Orbital- and millennial-scale changes in the hydrologic cycle and vegetation in the western African Sahel: Insights from individual plant wax delta D and d13C. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(23-24). 2996-3005. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.039
Weijers, JWH, Schouten, S, Schefuß, E, Schneider, RR and Sinninghe Damsté, JS (2009) Disentangling marine, soil and plant organic carbon contributions to continental margin sediments: A multi-proxy approach in a 20,000 year sediment record from the Congo deep-sea fan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(1). 119-132. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.016
Niedermeyer, EM, Prange, M, Mulitza, S, Mollenhauer, G, Schefuß, E and Schulz, M (2009) Extratropical forcing of Sahel aridity during Heinrich stadials. Geophysical Research Letters, 36. L20707. doi:10.1029/2009GL039687
Rampen, SW, Schouten, S, Schefuß, E and Sinninghe Damsté, JS (2009) Impact of temperature on long chain diol and mid-chain hydroxy methyl alkanoate composition in Proboscia diatoms: Results from culture and field studies. Organic Geochemistry, 40(11). 1124-1131. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.08.005
Bouimetarhan, I, Dupont, LM, Schefuß, E, Mollenhauer, G, Mulitza, S and Zonneveld, KAF (2009) Palynological evidence for climatic and oceanic variability off NW Africa during the late Holocene. Quaternary Research, 72(2). 188-197. doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2009.05.003
Castañeda, IS, Mulitza, S, Schefuß, E, Lopes dos Santos, RA, Sinninghe Damsté, JS and Schouten, S (2009) Wet phases in the Sahara/Sahel region and human migration patterns in North Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(48). 20159-20163. doi:10.1073/pnas.0905771106
de Deckker, P, Abed, RMM, de Beer, D, Hinrichs, KU, O'Loingsigh, T, Schefuß, E, Stuut, JB, Tapper, NJ and van der Kaars, S (2008) Geochemical and microbiological fingerprinting of airborne dust that fell in Canberra, Australia, in October 2002. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 9. Q12Q10. doi:10.1029/2008GC002091
Kaiser, J, Schefuß, E, Lamy, F, Mohtadi, M and Hebbeln, D (2008) Glacial to Holocene changes in sea surface temperature and coastal vegetation in north central Chile: high versus low latitude forcing. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27(21-22). 2064-2075. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.025
Weijers, JWH, Schefuß, E, Schouten, S and Sinninghe Damsté, JS (2007) Coupled Thermal and Hydrological Evolution of Tropical Africa over the Last Deglaciation. Science, 315. 1701-1704. doi:10.1126/science.1138131
Schefuß, E, Schouten, S and Schneider, RR (2005) Climatic controls on central African hydrology during the last 20,000 years. Nature, 437. 1003-1006. doi:10.1038/nature03945
Scourse, JD, Marret, F, Versteegh, GJM, Jansen, JHF, Schefuß, E and van der Plicht, J (2005) High resolution last deglaciation record from the Congo fan reveals significance of mangrove pollen and biomarkers as indicators of shelf transgression. Quaternary Research, 64(1). 57-69. doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2005.03.002
Stuut, JB, Zabel, M, Ratmeyer, V, Helmke, P, Schefuß, E, Lavik, G and Schneider, RR (2005) Provenance of present-day eolian dust collected off NW Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110. D04202. doi:10.1029/2004JD005161
Schefuß, E, Sinninghe Damsté, JS and Jansen, JHF (2004) Forcing of tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures during the mid-Pleistocene transition. Paleoceanography, 19. PA4029. doi:10.1029/2003PA000892
Schefuß, E, Versteegh, GJM, Jansen, JHF and Sinninghe Damsté, JS (2004) Lipid biomarkers as major source and preservation indicators in SE Atlantic surface sediments. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 51(9). 1199-1228. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2004.05.002
Versteegh, GJM, Schefuß, E, Dupont, LM, Marret, F, Sinninghe Damsté, JS and Jansen, JHF (2004) Taraxerol and Rhizophora pollen as proxies for tracking past mangrove ecosystems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68(3). 411-422. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00456-3
Hopmans, EC, Weijers, JWH, Schefuß, E, Herfort, L, Sinninghe Damsté, JS and Schouten, S (2004) A novel proxy for terrestrial organic matter in sediments based on branched and isoprenoid tetraether lipids. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 224(1-2). 107-116. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.012
Schefuß, E, Schouten, S, Jansen, JHF and Sinninghe Damsté, JS (2003) African vegetation controlled by tropical sea surface temperatures in the mid-Pleistocene period. Nature, 422(6930). 418-421. doi:10.1038/nature01500
Schefuß, E, Ratmeyer, V, Stuut, JB, Jansen, JHF and Sinninghe Damsté, JS (2003) Carbon isotope analyses of n-alkanes in dust from the lower atmosphere over the central eastern Atlantic. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67(10). 1757-1767. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01414-X
Schouten, S, Hopmans, EC, Schefuß, E and Sinninghe Damsté, JS (2002) Distributional variations in marine crenarchaeotal membrane lipids: a new tool for reconstructing ancient sea water temperatures? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 204(1-2). 265-274. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00979-2
Schefuß, E, Jansen, JHF and Sinninghe Damsté, JS (2005) Tropical environmental changes at the mid-Pleistocene transition: insights from lipid biomarkers. In: Head, MJ and Gibbard, PL (eds.) Early-middle Pleistocene transitions: the land-ocean evidence. Geological Society, Special Publications, 247. The Geological Society of London, 35-63.