Recent technical advances, together with an increasing number of empirical calibration studies and applications, have highlighted the use of organic molecular (biomarker) proxies as paleolimnological indicators. Biomarkers can provide information on, for example, organic matter composition and source, changes in catchment and within-lake processes, and past changes in temperature and precipitation via novel temperature indices (e.g. using alkenones, GDGTs) and compound specific isotope analysis (e.g. δD of n-alkanes, n-alkanoic acids).
This session invites contributions from lacustrine biomarker studies including the development and/or application of biomarkers and compound-specific stable isotope analysis in palaeolimnology. Contributions from modern and paleolimnological applications are welcome.