supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-JC102);National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB808800)
U-bearing sandstones from the Dongsheng deposit in Ordos Basin contain abundant C15-C18 fatty acids. The fatty acids may have been derived from modern and ancient organisms including organisms from the intervals of U ...
Acknowledgements This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2011CB808800), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40930210 and 41130207), and the 111 Project of Education of Ministry of China (No. B08030), and the MOST Special Fund from the State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources (MSFGPMR200804, MSFGPMR200904). We thank Dr. Yang Pu and Miss Jun Cao for their help during samples preparation and experiments and two anonymous reviewers for comments on the manuscript.
Lipids in stalagmites have been shown the potential for the paleoclimate reconstruction. However, the low lipid content leads to the difficulty in gaining high resolution lipid record in stalagmites because large mass...