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Alkenones are long-chain
unsaturated methyl and
ethyl n-ketones
produced by a few
phytoplankton species of the
class Prymnesiophyceae.
Alkenones typically...
- compounds,
known as
alkenones, can be
found in
marine sediments long
after other soft
parts of the
organisms have decomposed.
Alkenones are most commonly...
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isotopic composition of
alkenones often reflect the
isotopic enrichment or
depletion of the
surrounding environment, and δDs of
alkenones in
different regions...
- last 16,000
years from
records of
planktonic stable oxygen isotopes and
alkenone unsaturation ratios". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology...
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characteristic of
certain climatic zones.
Biomarker molecules such as the
alkenones may
yield information about their temperature of formation.
Chemical signatures...
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temperatures from the
presence or
absence of
certain lipids and long
chain alkenones, as
these molecules are very
sensitive to temperature. This
analysis provides...
- A
paleothermometer is a
methodology that
provides an
estimate of the
ambient temperature at the time of
formation of a
natural material. Most paleothermometers...
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citric acid cycle,
which is of
great importance in bioenergy. An
enone (or
alkenone) is an
organic compound containing both
alkene and
ketone functional groups...
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considerations (especially δ18O); the Mg/Ca
ratio of
foram tests, and
alkenones, are also useful. Often, many are used in
conjunction to get a multi-proxy...
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bankruptcy in 2015. By 2015,
cultivation of
fatty acid
methyl esters and
alkenones from the algae, Isochrysis, was
under research. By 2016,
Thomas Brueck...
