Methoxy-serratenes as discriminant biomarkers for soils developed under conifer forests

Claude Le Milbeau (1) , Marlène Lavrieux (1) , Jérémy Jacob (1) , Renata Zocatelli (1) , Jean-Robert Disnar (1)

1 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans

The evolution of landscapes through time constitutes a challenge for both archaeologists and paleoenvironmentalists. For example, human deforestation (for cultivation and building) strongly affected the shape of continental surfaces with supposed impacts on the global carbon cycle of which the timing and extent remains controversial.

Domains: Continental interfaces, environment; Global Changes

Claude Le Milbeau, Marlène Lavrieux, Jérémy Jacob, Renata Zocatelli, Jean-Robert Disnar. Methoxy-serratenes as discriminant biomarkers for soils developed under conifer forests. The 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Sep 2011, Interlaken, Switzerland. 3 p. ⟨insu-00786026⟩