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| 1 | Allard, B., M.-N. Rager, and J. Templier. "Occurrence of high molecular weight lipids (C80+) in the trilaminar outer cell walls of some freshwater microalgae. A reappraisal of algaenan structure." Org Geochem 33 (2002): 789-801. Derenne, S., and C. Largeau. "A review of some important families of refractory macromolecules: composition, origin and fate in soils and sediments." Soil Science 166 (2001): 833-847. Gelin, F., I. Boogers, A. A. M. Noordeloos, J. S. Sinninghe Damsté, R. Riegman, and J. W. de Leeuw. "Resistant biomacromolecules in marine microalgae of the classes Eustigmatophyceae and Chlorophyceae: geochemical implications." Org Geochem 26, no. 11-12 (1997): 659-675. Köster, J., J. K. Volkman, S.-B. Rullkötter, B. M., J. Rethmeier, and U. Fischer. "Mono-, di- and trimethyl-branched alkanes in cultures of the filamentous cyanobacterium Calothrix scopulorum." Org Geochem 30 (1999): 1367-1379. Rieley, G., J. W. Collister, B. Stern, and G. Eglinton. "Gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry of leaf wax n-alkanes from plants of differing carbon dioxide metabolisms." Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 7 (1993): 488-491. Tegelaar, E. W., J. W. de Leeuw, S. Derenne, and C. Largeau. "A reappraisal of kerogen formation." Geochim Cosmochim Acta 53 (1989): 3103-3106. |
| 2 | Hayes, J. M. "Fractionation of the isotopes of carbon and hydrogen in biosynthetic processes." In Stable Isotopic Geochemistry. Edited by J. W. Valley and D. R. Cole. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 43 (2001): 225-278. |
| 3 | Kates, M. "Membrane lipids of Archaea." In The Biochemistry of Archaea (Archaebacteria). Edited by M. Kates, K. D. J, and A. T. Matheson. Elsevier Science, 1993, pp. 261-295. Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., W. I. C. Rijpstra, E. C. Hopmans, F. G. Prahl, S. G. Wakeham, and S. Schouten. "Distribution of membrane lipids of planktonic Crenarchaeota in the Arabian Sea." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68 (2002): 2997-3002. Tornabene, T. G., T. A. Langworthy, G. Holzer, and V. Oro. "Squalenes, phytanes and other isoprenoids as major neutral lipids of methanogenic and thermoacidophilic archaebacteria." J Mol Evol 13 (1979): 73-83. Volkman, J. K., and J. R. Maxwell. "Acyclic isoprenoids as biological markers." In Biological Markers and the Sedimentary Record. Edited by R. B. Johns. New York, NY: Elsevier, 1986, pp. 1-42. Woese, C. R., O. Kandler, and M. L. Wheelis. "Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya." Proc Natl Acad Sci U.S.A. 87 (1990): 4576-4579. Michaelis, W., R. Seifert, K. Nauhaus, T. Treude, V. Thiel, M. Blumenberg, K. Knittel, A. Gieseke, K. Peterknecht, T. Pape, A. Boetius, R. Amann, B. B. Jørgensen, F. Widdel, J. Peckmann, N. V. Pimenov, and M. B. Gulin. "Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane." Science 297 (2002): 1013-1015. Thiel, V., M. Blumenberg, T. Pape, R. Seifert, and W. Michaelis. "Unexpected occurrence of hopanoids at gas seeps in the Black Sea." Org Geochem 34 (2003): 81-87. Thiel, V., J. Peckmann, R. Seifert, P. Wehrung, J. Reitner, and W. Michaelis. "Highly isotopically depleted isoprenoids: molecular markers for ancient methane venting." Geochim Cosmochim Acta 63, no. 23/24 (1999): 3959-3966. |
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| 5 | Anders, E. "Pre-biotic organic matter from comets and asteroids." Nature 342 (1989): 255-257. Bada, J. L., J. R. Cronin, M.-S. Ho, K. A. Kvenvolden, J. G. Lawless, S. L. Miller, J. Oro, and S. Steinberg. "On the reported optical activity of amino acids in the Murchison meteorite." Nature 301 (1983): 494-497. Cronin, J. R., and S. Pizzarello. "Enantiomeric excesses in meteoritic amino acids." Science 275 (1997): 951-955. Engel, M. H., and S. A. Macko. "Isotopic evidence for extraterrestrial non-racemic amino acids in the Murchison meteorite." Nature 389 (1997): 265-268. Pizzarello, S., and J. R. Cronin. "Non-racemic amino acids in the Murchison and Murray meteorites." Geochim Cosmochim Acta 64 (2000): 329-338. Sephton, M. A., and I. Gilmour. "Compound specific isotope analysis of the organic constituents in carbonaceous chondrites." Mass Spectrometry Reviews 20 (2001): 111-120. Eglinton, T. I., B. C. Benitez-Nelson, A. Pearson, A. P. McNichol, J. E. Bauer, and E. R. M. Druffel. "Variability in radiocarbon ages of individual organic compounds from marine sediments." Science 277 (1997): 796-799. |
| 6 | Summons, R. E., and M. R. Walter. "Molecular fossils and microfossils of prokaryotes and protists from Proterozoic sediments." Am J Sci 290-A (1990): 212-244. |
| 8 | Volkman, J. K. "Sterols and other triterpenoids: source specificity and evolution of biosynthetic pathways." Organic Geochemistry 36 (2005): 139-159. Xie, S., et al. "Two episodes of microbial change coupled with Permo/Triassic faunal mass extinction." Nature 434 (2005): 494-497. |
| 9 | Xie, Shucheng, Richard D. Pancost, Hongfu Yin, Hongmei Wang, and Richard P. Evershed. "Two episodes of microbial change coupled with Permo/Triassic faunal mass extinction." Nature 434 (March 24, 2005): 494-497. Grice, Kliti, et al. "Photic Zone Euxinia During the Permian-Triassic Superanoxic Event." Science 307, no. 5710 (February 4, 2005): 706-709. Jin, Y. G., et al. "Pattern of Marine Mass Extinction Near the Permian-Triassic Boundary in South China" Science 289, no. 5478 (July 21, 2000): 432-436. Knoll, A. H., R. K. Bambach, D. R. Canfield, and J. P. Grotzinger. "Comparative Earth History and Late Permian Mass Extinction." Science 273, no. 5274 (July 26, 1996): 452-457. |
| 12 | Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., M. Strous, W. I. C. Rijpstra, E. C. Hopmans, J. A. J. Geenevasen, A. C. T. van Duin, L. A. van Niftrik, and M. S. M. Jetten. "Linearly concatenated cyclobutane lipids form a dense bacterial membrane." Nature 419 (2002): 708-712. Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., S. Schouten, and A. C. T. van Duin. "Isorenieratene derivatives in sediments: possible controls on their distribution." Geochim Cosmochim Acta 65 (2001): 1557-1571. Calver, Clive R., Lance P. Black, John L. Everard, and David B. Seymour. "U-Pb zircon age constraints on late Neoproterozoic glaciation in Tasmania." Geology 32, no. 10 (2004): 893-896. Hoffman, P. F., A. C. Maloof, and G. P. Halverson. "On the Syn-glacial Sedimentary Record of Snowball Earth: Tales of Three Ice-mass Types." American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, 2004. (Abstract #U21B-02.) Kaufman, A. J., A. H. Knoll, and G. M. Narbonne. "Isotopes, ice ages, and terminal Proterozoic earth history." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 94 (1997): 6600-6605. Kennedy, M. J., B. Runnegar, A. R. Prave, C. Hoffmann, and M. A. Arthur. "Two or four Neoproterozoic glaciations." Geology 26 (1998): 1059-1063. (Special Report.) |
| 13 | Catling, D. C., and M. W. Claire. "How Earth's atmosphere evolved to an oxic state: a status report." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 237 (2005): 1-20. Sreenivas, B., and T. Murakami. "Emerging views on the evolution of atmospheric oxygen during the Precambrian." Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 100 (2005): 184-201. Kump, L. R., and W. E. Seyfried. "Hydrothermal Fe fluxes during the Precambrian: effect of low oceanic sulfate concentrations and low hydrostatic pressure on the compostion of black smokers." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 235 (2005): 654-662. Brocks, J. J., G. D. Love, R. E. Summons, A. H. Knoll, G. A. Logan, and S. A. Bowden. "Biomarker evidence for green and purple sulphur bacteria in a stratified Paleoproterozoic sea." Nature 437 (2005): 866-870. |
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Engel, M. H., and S. A. Macko, eds. Organic Geochemistry Principles and Applications. Springer; 1 edition, 1993. ISBN: 9780306443787.
Hayes, J. M. "Fractionation of the isotopes of carbon and hydrogen in biosynthetic processes." In Stable Isotopic Geochemistry. Edited by J. W. Valley and D. R. Cole. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 43 (2001): 225-278.
Peters, K. E., Walters, and J. M. Moldowan. The Biomarker Guide. Vols. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780521781589, 9780521837620. Fahy, E., et al. "A comprehensive classification system for lipids." J Lipid Research 46 (2005): 839-861.