From ether to acid: A plausible degradation pathway of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers

Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) are ubiquitous microbial lipids with extensive demonstrated and potential roles as paleoenvironmental proxies. Despite the great attention they receive, comparatively little is known regarding their diagenetic fate. Putative degradation products of GDGTs...

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Main Authors: Birgel, Daniel (Author), Elling, Felix J. (Author), Sutton, Paul A. (Author), Lipp, Julius S. (Author), Zhu, Rong (Author), Zhang, Chuanlun (Author), Könneke, Martin (Author), Peckmann, Jörn (Author), Rowland, Steven J. (Author), Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe (Author), Liu, Xiaolei (Contributor), Summons, Roger E (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV, 2018-07-19T18:38:09Z.
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