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Nannofossil biostratigraphy and facies model study of the boundary between the Kolosh and Sinjar Formations (Paleocene-Eocene), Kalka Simaq, Sulaimani, Kurdistan/Iraq
Khanaqa, P. A.; Kharajiany, S. O. A.; Thiel, V. & Karim, K. H. (2023)
Carbonates and Evaporites, 38(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-022-00832-y .
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Reconstructing eutrophication trends of a shallow lake environment using biomarker dynamics and sedimentary sterols
Zeman-Kuhnert, S.; Heim, C.; Öztoprak, M. & Thiel, V. (2023)
Organic Geochemistry, 177 art. 104555. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2023.104555 .
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Insights Into Carbonaceous Matter in ∼3.5 Ga Hydrothermal Barites from the Dresser Formation (Pilbara Craton, Australia)
Weimann, L.; Reinhardt, M.; Duda, Jan-Peter; Mißbach-Karmrodt, H.; Drake, H.; Schönig, J. & Holburg, J. et al. (2023)
pp. 1-1. 31st International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Montpellier, France. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202333167
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The Long chain Diol Index: A marine palaeotemperature proxy based on eustigmatophyte lipids that records the warmest seasons
Rampen, S. W.; Friedl, T.; Rybalka, N. & Thiel, V. (2022)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(16) pp. e2116812119. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116812119 .
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Enhancing rhizoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons through bioaugmentation with a plant growth-promoting bacterial consortium
Eze, M. O.; Thiel, V.; Hose, G. C.; George, S. C. & Daniel, R. (2022)
Chemosphere, 289 art. S0045653521036158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133143 .
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Effects of Weather Extremes on the Nutrient Dynamics of a Shallow Eutrophic Lake as Observed during a Three-Year Monitoring Study
Zeman-Kuhnert, S.; Thiel, V. & Heim, C. (2022)
Water, 14(13) pp. 2032. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w14132032 .
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Bacteria-plant interactions synergistically enhance biodegradation of diesel fuel hydrocarbons
Eze, M. O.; Thiel, V.; Hose, G. C.; George, S. C. & Daniel, R. (2022)
Communications Earth & Environment, 3(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00526-2 .
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Ingredients for microbial life preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old fluid inclusions
Mißbach, H.; Duda, Jan-Peter; Kerkhof, A. M. van den; Lüders, V.; Pack, A.; Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (2021)
Nature Communications, 12(1) pp. 1101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21323-z .
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Temperature sensitivity of anaerobic methane oxidation versus methanogenesis in paddy soil: Implications for the CH 4 balance under global warming
Fan, L.; Dippold, M. A.; Thiel, V.; Ge, T.; Wu, J.; Kuzyakov, Y. & Dorodnikov, M. (2021)
Global Change Biology,. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15935 .
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Active metabolic pathways of anaerobic methane oxidation in paddy soils
Fan, L.; Schneider, D.; Dippold, M. A.; Poehlein, A.; Wu, W.; Gui, H. & Ge, T. et al. (2021)
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 156 pp. 108215. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108215 .
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Testing Flight-like Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry as Performed by the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer Onboard the ExoMars 2020 Rover on Oxia Planum Analog Samples
Reinhardt, M.; Goetz, W. & Thiel, V. (2020)
Astrobiology, 20(3) pp. 415-428. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2019.2143 .
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Volatile organic compounds in barite-hosted fluid inclusions from the 3.5 Ga old Dresser Formation, Western Australia
Thiel, V.; Duda, Jan-Peter; Kerkhof, A. M. van den; Reitner, J. & Mißbach, H. (2020)
EGU General Assembly 2020. EGU General Assembly 2020, Wien.
Copernicus. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9161
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Anaerobic oxidation of methane in paddy soil: Role of electron acceptors and fertilization in mitigating CH4 fluxes
Fan, L.; Dippold, M. A.; Ge, T.; Wu, J.; Thiel, V.; Kuzyakov, Y. & Dorodnikov, M. (2020)
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 141 pp. 107685. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107685 .
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Zooplankton impact on lipid biomarkers in water column vs. surface sediments of the stratified Eastern Gotland Basin (Central Baltic Sea)
Wittenborn, A. K.; Schmale, O. & Thiel, V. (2020)
PLoS One, 15(6) pp. e0234110. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234110 .
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Formation of Siderite in Microbial Microcosms Derived from a Marine Sediment
Kamran, A.; Schneider, D.; Roddatis, V.; Thiel, V. & Hoppert, M. (2020)
Geomicrobiology Journal, 37(5) pp. 475-485. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2020.1725186 .
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Sterol preservation in hypersaline microbial mats
Shen, Yan-Qin; Thiel, V.; Suarez-Gonzalez, P.; Rampen, S. W. & Reitner, J. (2020)
Biogeosciences, 17(3) pp. 649-666. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-649-2020 .
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Molecular Signatures from Kerogens Preserved in 3.42 Ga Microbial Mats (Buck Reef Chert, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa)
Reinhardt, M.; Thiel, V.; Drake, H.; Goetz, W. & Reitner, J. (2020)
pp. 2185-2185. Goldschmidt2020, Online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46427/gold2020.2185
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Unconventional Biosignatures of Fungi In Frutexites-Like Microbial Mats in the Subsurface
Heim, C.; Beimforde, C.; Ionescu, D.; Ivarsson, M. & Thiel, V. (2019)
pp. 1-2. 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Gothenburg, Sweden. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201902845
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Sterol preservation in hypersaline microbial mats
Shen, Yan-Qin; Thiel, V.; Suarez-Gonzalez, P.; Rampen, S. W. & Reitner, J. (2019)
Biogeosciences Discussions, pp. 1-28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2019-124 .
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To shake or not to shake: 13C-based evidence on anaerobic methane oxidation in paddy soil
Fan, L.; Shahbaz, M.; Ge, T.; Wu, J.; Dippold, M.; Thiel, V. & Kuzyakov, Y. et al. (2019)
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 133 pp. 146-154. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.03.010 .
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Relationships between feeding and microbial faeces indices in dairy cows at different milk yield levels
Meyer, S.; Thiel, V.; Joergensen, R. G. & Sundrum, A. (2019)
PLoS One, 14(8) pp. e0221266. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221266 .
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Controls on zooplankton methane production in the central Baltic Sea
Stawiarski, B.; Otto, S.; Thiel, V.; Gräwe, U.; Loick-Wilde, N.; Wittenborn, A. K. & Schloemer, S. et al. (2019)
Biogeosciences, 16(1) pp. 1-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1-2019 .
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First evidence of terrestrial ambrein formation in human adipocere
von der Lühe, B.; Mayes, R. W.; Thiel, V.; Dawson, L. A.; Graw, M.; Rowland, S. J. & Fiedler, S. (2019)
Scientific Reports, 9(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54730-w .
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Characterizing Bitumens and Kerogens from Lake Magadi Cherts, Pleistocene Analogs for Archean Hydrothermal Deposits
Reinhardt, M.; Goetz, W.; Duda, Jan-Peter; Heim, C.; Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (2019)
29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry. 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Gothenburg, Sweden. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201902897
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Investigating the Effect of Perchlorate on Flight-like Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry as Performed by MOMA on board the ExoMars 2020 Rover
Mißbach, H.; Steininger, H.; Thiel, V. & Goetz, W. (2019)
Astrobiology, 19(11) pp. 1339-1352. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1997 .
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Organic signatures in Pleistocene cherts from Lake Magadi (Kenya) – implications for early Earth hydrothermal deposits
Reinhardt, M.; Goetz, W.; Duda, Jan-Peter; Heim, C.; Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (2019)
Biogeosciences, 16(12) pp. 2443-2465. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2443-2019 .
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Fatty acids and other biomarkers in two Early Jurassic concretions and their immediate host rocks (Lias δ, Buttenheim clay pit, Bavaria, Germany)
Thiel, V. & Hoppert, M. (2018)
Organic Geochemistry, 120 pp. 42-55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.02.010 .
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Soft-tissue evidence for homeothermy and crypsis in a Jurassic ichthyosaur
Lindgren, J.; Sjövall, P.; Thiel, V.; Zheng, W.; Ito, S.; Wakamatsu, K. & Hauff, R. et al. (2018)
Nature, 564(7736) pp. 359-365. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0775-x .
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Ideas and perspectives: hydrothermally driven redistribution and sequestration of early Archaean biomass – the “hydrothermal pump hypothesis”
Duda, Jan-Peter; Thiel, V.; Bauersachs, T.; Mißbach, H.; Reinhardt, M.; Schäfer, N. & Van Kranendonk, M. J. et al. (2018)
Biogeosciences, 15(5) pp. 1535-1548. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1535-2018 .
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On the formation of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California
Geilert, S.; Hensen, C.; Schmidt, M.; Liebetrau, V.; Scholz, F.; Doll, M. & Deng, L. et al. (2018)
Biogeosciences, 15(18) pp. 5715-5731. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5715-2018 .
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Marine microorganisms as amber inclusions: insights from coastal forests of New Caledonia
Schmidt, A. R.; Grabow, D.; Beimforde, C.; Perrichot, V.; Rikkinen, J.; Saint Martin, S. & Thiel, V. et al. (2018)
Fossil Record, 21(2) pp. 213-221. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-21-213-2018 .
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Assessing the diversity of lipids formed via Fischer-Tropsch-type reactions
Mißbach, H.; Schmidt, B. C.; Duda, Jan-Peter; Lünsdorf, N. K.; Goetz, W. & Thiel, V. (2018)
Organic Geochemistry, 119 pp. 110-121. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.02.012 .
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The taphonomic fate of isorenieratene in Lower Jurassic shales-controlled by iron?
Reinhardt, M.; Duda, Jan-Peter; Blumenberg, M.; Ostertag-Henning, C.; Reitner, J.; Heim, C. N. & Thiel, V. (2018)
Geobiology, 16(3) pp. 237-251. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12284 .
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Tracing the fate of steroids through a hypersaline microbial mat (Kiritimati, Kiribati/Central Pacific)
Shen, Y.; Thiel, V.; Duda, Jan-Peter & Reitner, J. (2018)
Geobiology, 16(3) pp. 307-318. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12279 .
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Ideas and perspectives: Hydrothermally driven redistribution and sequestration of early Archaean biomass—the ‘hydrothermal pump hypothesis’
Duda, Jan-Peter; Thiel, V.; Bauersachs, T.; Mißbach, H.; Reinhardt, M.; Schäfer, N. & Van Kranendonk, M. J. et al. (2017)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2017-516 Details DOI

Testing the preservation of biomarkers during experimental maturation of an immature kerogen
Mißbach, H.; Duda, Jan-Peter; Luensdorf, N. K.; Schmidt, B. & Thiel, V. (2016)
International Journal of Astrobiology, 15(3) pp. 165-175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550416000069 .
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Opening up a window into ecosystems with Ediacara-type organisms: preservation of molecular fossils in the Khatyspyt Lagerstatte (Arctic Siberia)
Duda, Jan-Peter; Thiel, V.; Reitner, J. & Grazhdankin, D. (2016)
Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 90(4) pp. 659-671. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-016-0317-5 .
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A Rare Glimpse of Paleoarchean Life: Geobiology of an Exceptionally Preserved Microbial Mat Facies from the 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation, Western Australia
Duda, Jan-Peter; Van Kranendonk, M. J.; Thiel, V.; Ionescu, D.; Strauss, H.; Schaefer, N. & Reitner, J. (2016)
PLoS ONE, 11(1) art. e0147629. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147629 .
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Microbe-like inclusions in tree resins and implications for the fossil record of protists in amber
Thiel, V.; Lausmaa, J.; Sjovall, P.; Ragazzi, E.; Seyfullah, L. J. & Schmidt, A. R. (2016)
Geobiology, 14(4) pp. 364-373. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12180 .
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An Imaging Mass Spectrometry Study on the Formation of Conditioning Films and Biofilms in the Subsurface (aspo Hard Rock Laboratory, SE Sweden)
Leefmann, T.; Heim, C. N.; Lausmaa, J.; Sjovall, P.; Ionescu, D.; Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (2015)
Geomicrobiology Journal, 32(3-4) pp. 197-206. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2014.910570 .
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A quantitative study of the degradation of whale bone lipids: Implications for the preservation of fatty acids in marine sediments
Liebenau, K.; Kiel, S.; Vardeh, D.; Treude, T. & Thiel, V. (2015)
Organic Geochemistry, 89-90 pp. 23-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2015.09.005 .
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Diversity of Iron Oxidizing and Reducing Bacteria in Flow Reactors in the aspo Hard Rock Laboratory
Ionescu, D.; Heim, C.; Polerecky, L.; Ramette, A.; Haeusler, S.; Bizic-Ionescu, M. & Thiel, V. et al. (2015)
Geomicrobiology Journal, 32(3-4) pp. 207-220. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2014.884196 .
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Organic matter preservation in the carbonate matrix of a recent microbial mat - Is there a 'mat seal effect'?
Blumenberg, M.; Thiel, V. & Reitner, J. (2015)
Organic Geochemistry, 87 pp. 25-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2015.07.005 .
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Assessing the utility of trace and rare earth elements as biosignatures in microbial iron oxyhydroxides
Heim, C. N.; Simon, K.; Ionescu, D.; Reimer, A.; de Beer, D.; Quéric, N. V. & Reitner, J. et al. (2015)
Frontiers in Earth Science, 3 art. 6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2015.00006 .
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Biotic and abiotic oxidation and reduction of iron at circumneutral pH are inseparable processes under natural conditions
Ionescu, D.; Heim, C.; Polerecky, L.; Thiel, V. & De Beer, D. (2015)
Geomicrobiology Journal, 32(3-4) pp. 221-230. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2014.887393 .
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Test of microwave, ultrasound and Bligh & Dyer extraction for quantitative extraction of bacteriohopanepolyols (BHPs) from marine sediments
Berndmeyer, C.; Thiel, V. & Blumenberg, M. (2014)
Organic Geochemistry, 68 pp. 90-94. 26th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), SPAIN.
Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.01.003
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Occurrence and fate of fatty acyl biomarkers in an ancient whale bone (Oligocene, El Cien Formation, Mexico)
Thiel, V.; Blumenberg, M.; Kiel, S.; Leefmann, T.; Liebenau, K.; Lindgren, J. & Sjovall, P. et al. (2014)
Organic Geochemistry, 68 pp. 71-81. 26th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), SPAIN.
Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.12.006
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Assessing Possibilities and Limitations for Biomarker Analyses on Outcrop Samples: A Case Study on Carbonates of the Shibantan Member (Ediacaran Period, Dengying Formation, South China)
Duda, Jan-Peter; Thiel, V.; Reitner, J. & Blumenberg, M. (2014)
Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, 88(6) pp. 1696-1704. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.12338 .
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Geobiology of a palaeoecosystem with Ediacara-type fossils: The Shibantan Member (Dengying Formation, South China)
Duda, Jan-Peter; Blumenberg, M.; Thiel, V.; Simon, K.; Zhu, M. & Reitner, J. (2014)
Precambrian Research, 255 pp. 48-62. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2014.09.012 .
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Biomarkers in the stratified water column of the Landsort Deep (Baltic Sea)
Berndmeyer, C.; Thiel, V.; Schmale, O.; Wasmund, N. & Blumenberg, M. (2014)
BIOGEOSCIENCES, 11(23) pp. 7009-7023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7009-2014 .
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The isotopic biosignatures of photo- vs. thiotrophic bivalves: are they preserved in fossil shells?
Dreier, A.; Loh, W.; Blumenberg, M.; Thiel, V.; Hause-Reitner, D. & Hoppert, M. (2014)
Geobiology, 12(5) pp. 406-423. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12093 .
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Biomarkers from individual carbonate phases of an Oligocene cold-seep deposit, Washington State, USA
Hagemann, A.; Leefmann, T.; Peckmann, J.; Hoffmann, Veit-Enno & Thiel, V. (2013)
Lethaia, 46(1) pp. 7-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.2012.00316.x .
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Biomarker imaging of single diatom cells in a microbial mat using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS)
Leefmann, T.; Heim, C.; Kryvenda, A.; Siljestrom, S.; Sjovall, P. & Thiel, V. (2013)
Organic Geochemistry, 57 pp. 23-33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.01.005 .
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Biomarkers for aerobic methanotrophy in the water column of the stratified Gotland Deep (Baltic Sea)
Berndmeyer, C.; Thiel, V.; Schmale, O. & Blumenberg, M. (2013)
Organic Geochemistry, 55 pp. 103-111.
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Bacteriohopanepolyols record stratification, nitrogen fixation and other biogeochemical perturbations in Holocene sediments of the central Baltic Sea
Blumenberg, M.; Berndmeyer, C.; Moros, M.; Muschalla, M.; Schmale, O. & Thiel, V. (2013)
BIOGEOSCIENCES, 10(4) pp. 2725-2735. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-2725-2013 .
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Characeae-derived carbonate deposits in Lake Ganau, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Khanaqa, P. A.; Karim, K. H. & Thiel, V. (2013)
Facies, 59(4) pp. 653-662. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-012-0354-9 .
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Spectral characterization of ten cyclic lipids using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry
Leefmann, T.; Heim, C.; Siljestrom, S.; Blumenberg, M.; Sjovall, P. & Thiel, V. (2013)
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 27(5) pp. 565-581. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6483 .
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Chemical and ecological evolution of the Miocene Ries impact crater lake, Germany: A reinterpretation based on the Enkingen (SUBO 18) drill core
Arp, G.; Blumenberg, M.; Hansen, B. T.; Jung, D.; Kolepka, C.; Lenz, O. & Nolte, N. et al. (2013)
Geological Society of America Bulletin, 125(7-8) pp. 1125-1145. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/B30731.1 .
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Bacteriohopanepolyols in a stratified cyanobacterial mat from Kiritimati (Christmas Island, Kiribati)
Blumenberg, M.; Arp, G.; Reitner, J.; Schneider, D.; Daniel, R. & Thiel, V. (2013)
Organic Geochemistry, 55 pp. 55-62. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.11.004 .
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Biomarkers Reveal Diverse Microbial Communities in Black Smoker Sulfides from Turtle Pits (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Recent) and Yaman Kasy (Russia, Silurian)
Blumenberg, M.; Seifert, R.; Buschmann, B.; Kiel, S. & Thiel, V. (2012)
Geomicrobiology Journal, 29(1) pp. 66-75. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2010.523445 .
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Biomarkers of black shales formed by microbial mats, Late Mesoproterozoic (1.1 Ga) Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania
Blumenberg, M.; Thiel, V.; Riegel, W. L.; Kah, L. C. & Reitner, J. (2012)
Precambrian Research, 196 pp. 113-127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2011.11.010 .
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Novel findings on hopanoid occurrences among sulfate reducing bacteria: Is there a direct link to nitrogen fixation?
Blumenberg, M.; Hoppert, M.; Krueger, M.; Dreier, A. & Thiel, V. (2012)
Organic Geochemistry, 49 pp. 1-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.05.003 .
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Astrobiological Lessons from the Ancient Iron-Oxidizing Genus Gallionella
Meola, M.; Lee, N. M.; Heim, C. N.; Queric, N.-V.; Braissant, O.; Ionescu, D. & de Beer, D. et al. (2012)
Paleontological Journal, 46(9) pp. 1071-1072.
New york: Maik Nauka/interperiodica/springer.
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Miocene methane-derived carbonates from southwestern Washington, USA and a model for silicification at seeps
Kuechler, R. R.; Birgel, D.; Kiel, S.; Freiwald, A.; Goedert, J. L.; Thiel, V. & Peckmann, J. (2012)
Lethaia, 45(2) pp. 259-273. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00280.x .
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Post-glacial microbialite formation in coral reefs of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans
Heindel, K.; Birgel, D.; Brunner, B.; Thiel, V.; Westphal, H.; Gischler, E. & Ziegenbalg, S. B. et al. (2012)
Chemical Geology, 304 pp. 117-130. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.02.009 .
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Aerobic methanotrophy within the pelagic redox-zone of the Gotland Deep (central Baltic Sea)
Schmale, O.; Blumenberg, M.; Kiesslich, K.; Jakobs, G.; Berndmeyer, C.; Labrenz, M. & Thiel, V. et al. (2012)
BIOGEOSCIENCES, 9(12) pp. 4969-4977. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-4969-2012 .
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Ancient microbial activity recorded in fracture fillings from granitic rocks (Aspo Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden)
Heim, C. N.; Lausmaa, J.; Sjovall, P.; Toporski, J.; Dieing, T.; Simon, K. & Hansen, B. T. et al. (2012)
Geobiology, 10(4) pp. 280-297. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00328.x .
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Molecular preservation of the pigment melanin in fossil melanosomes
Lindgren, J.; Uvdal, P.; Sjovall, P.; Nilsson, D. E.; Engdahl, A.; Schultz, B. P. & Thiel, V. (2012)
Nature Communications, 3 art. 824. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1819 .
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The fingerprint of chemosymbiosis: origin and preservation of isotopic biosignatures in the nonseep bivalve Loripes lacteus compared with Venerupis aurea
Dreier, A.; Stannek, L.; Blumenberg, M.; Taviani, M.; Sigovini, M.; Wrede, C. & Thiel, V. et al. (2012)
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 81(2) pp. 480-493. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01374.x .
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Biodeterioration (of Stone)
Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (Eds.) (2011)
Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_24
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Implications of in situ calcification for photosynthesis in a similar to 3.3 Ga-old microbial biofilm from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa
Westall, F.; Cavalazzi, B.; Lemelle, L.; Marrocchi, Y.; Rouzaud, Jean-Noel; Simionovici, A. & Salome, M. et al. (2011)
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 310(3-4) pp. 468-479. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.029 .
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Using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry to Study Biomarkers
Thiel, V. & Sjovall, P. (2011)
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 39 pp. 125-156. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-040610-133525 .
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Encyclopedia of Geobiology
Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (Eds.) (2011)
Dordrecht: Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1
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Amber
Ragazzi, E. & Schmidt, A. R. (2011)
In: J. Reitner & V. Thiel (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Geobiology pp. 24-36.
Dordrecht: Springer.
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Trace Element and Biomarker Signatures in Iron-Precipitating Microbial Mats from the Tunnel of Äspö (Sweden)
Kurz, J.; Simon, K.; Heim, C. N.; Reitner, J.; Quéric, N. V.& Thiel, V. (2011)
In: J. Reitner, N. V. Quéric, G. Arp (Eds.), Advances in Stromatolite Geobiology pp. 221-231.
Berlin: Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10415-2_15
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Biosignatures of Mineralizing Microbial Mats in a Deep Biosphere Environment
Leefmann, T.; Heim, C. N.; Simon, K.; Quéric, N. V.; Hansen, B. T.; Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. et al. (2010)
Journal of Earth Science, 21 pp. 323-324. International Conference on Geobiology, Wuhan, PEOPLES R CHINA.
Wuhan: China Univ Geosciences.
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Decoupling of bio- and geohopanoids in sediments of the Benguela Upwelling System (BUS)
Blumenberg, M.; Mollenhauer, G.; Zabel, M.; Reimer, A. & Thiel, V. (2010)
Organic Geochemistry, 41(10) pp. 1119-1129. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.06.005 .
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An evolutionary fast-track to biocalcification
Jackson, D. J.; Thiel, V. & Woerheide, G. (2010)
Geobiology, 8(3) pp. 191-196. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00236.x .
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Analysis of hopanes and steranes in single oil-bearing fluid inclusions using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS)
Siljestrom, S.; Lausmaa, J.; Sjovall, P.; Broman, C.; Thiel, V. & Hode, T. (2010)
Geobiology, 8(1) pp. 37-44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00223.x .
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Detection of organic biomarkers in crude oils using ToF-SIMS
Siljestrom, S.; Hode, T.; Lausmaa, J.; Sjovall, P.; Toporski, J. & Thiel, V. (2009)
Organic Geochemistry, 40(1) pp. 135-143. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.08.010 .
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ToF-SIMS analysis of hopanes and steranes in single oil-bearing fluid inclusions
Siljestrom, S.; Lausmaa, J.; Sjovall, P.; Broman, C.; Thiel, V. & Hode, T. (2009)
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13) 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, SWITZERLAND.
Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd.
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Traces of a fossil deep biosphere in fracture fillings of the Aspo Diorite (Sweden)
Heim, C.; Lausmaa, J.; Sjovall, P.; Simon, K.; Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (2009)
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13) 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, SWITZERLAND.
Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd.
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Laser micropyrolysis-GC/MS of biomarkers in authigenic carbonates
Bauermeister, J.; Volk, H.; Fuentes, D.; Gong, S.; Leefmann, T.; Hoffmann, V.-E. & Reitner, J. et al. (2009)
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13) 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, SWITZERLAND.
Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd.
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Biosignatures in authigenic carbonates from Hydrate Ridge
Leefmann, T.; Bauermeister, J.; Kronz, A.; Liebetrau, V.; Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (2009)
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13) 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, SWITZERLAND.
Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd.
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ToF-SIMS imaging mass spectrometry of microbial systems
Thiel, V.; Heim, C.; Hode, T.; Lausmaa, J.; Leefmann, T.; Siljestrom, S. & Sjovall, P. et al. (2009)
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13) 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, SWITZERLAND.
Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd.
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The formation of giant tubular concretions triggered by anaerobic oxidation of methane as revealed by archaeal molecular fossils (Lower Eocene, Varna, Bulgaria)
De Boever, E.; Birgel, D.; Thiel, V.; Muchez, P.; Peckmann, J.; Dimitrov, L. & Swennen, R. (2009)
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 280(1-2) pp. 23-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.05.010 .
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Spectral characterisation of eight glycerolipids and their detection in natural samples using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry
Heim, C.; Sjovall, P.; Lausmaa, J.; Leefmann, T. & Thiel, V. (2009)
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 23(17) pp. 2741-2753. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4183 .
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Organic geochemical microanalysis by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS)
Sjoevall, P.; Thiel, V.; Siljestroem, S.; Heim, C.; Hode, T. & Lausmaa, J. (2008)
Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 32(3) pp. 267-277. 17th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Cologne, GERMANY.
Malden: Wiley-blackwell. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-908X.2008.00909.x
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Miniaturized biosignature analysis reveals implications for the formation of cold seep carbonates at Hydrate Ridge (off Oregon, USA)
Leefmann, T.; Bauermeister, J.; Kronz, A.; Liebetrau, V.; Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (2008)
Biogeosciences, 5(3) pp. 731-738. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-5-731-2008 .
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The sterols of calcareous sponges (Calcarea, Porifera)
Hagernann, A.; Voigt, O.; Woerheide, G. & Thiel, V. (2008)
Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 156(1-2) pp. 26-32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2008.07.001 .
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Methane-related microbial gypsum calcitization in stromatolites of a marine evaporative setting (Munder Formation, Upper Jurassic, Hils Syncline, north Germany)
Arp, G.; Ostertag-Henning, C.; Yuecekent, S.; Reitner, J. & Thiel, V. (2008)
Sedimentology, 55(5) pp. 1227-1251. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00944.x .
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Analysis of archaeal core ether lipids using Time of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS): Exploring a new prospect for the study of biomarkers in geobiology
Thiel, V.; Toporski, J.; Schumann, G.; Sjovall, P. & Lausmaa, J. (2007)
Geobiology, 5(1) pp. 75-83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2006.00093.x .
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Detection of biomarkers in oils using ToF-SIMS
Siljestrom, S.; Hode, T.; Lausmaa, J.; Toporski, J.; Thiel, V. & Sjovall, P. (2007)
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71(15) 17th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Cologne, GERMANY.
Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd.
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Mineralized microbial mats with extreme lanthanum enrichments in the tunnel of Aspo, Sweden
Heim, C.; Simon, K.; Queric, N. N. & Thiel, V. (2007)
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71(15) 17th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Cologne, GERMANY.
Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd.
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Organic matter in black slate shows oxidative degradation within only a few decades
Fischer, C.; Karius, V. & Thiel, V. (2007)
Journal of Sedimentary Research, 77(5-6) pp. 355-365. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2007.041 .
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Biomarkers at the microscopic range: ToF-SIMS molecular imaging of Archaea-derived lipids in a microbial mat
Thiel, V.; Heim, C. N.; Arp, G.; Hahmann, U.; Sjovall, P. & Lausmaa, J. (2007)
Geobiology, 5(4) pp. 413-421. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00119.x .
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Lipid biomarker patterns of methane-seep microbialites from the Mesozoic convergent margin of California
Birgel, D.; Thiel, V.; Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe; Elvert, M.; Campbell, K. A.; Reitner, J. & Farmer, J. D. et al. (2006)
Organic Geochemistry, 37(10) pp. 1289-1302. Topical Meeting on Application of Stable Isotopes in Biogeosciences, Vienna, AUSTRIA.
Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.02.004
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Anaerobic and aerobic oxidation of methane at Late Cretaceous seeps in the Western Interior Seaway, USA
Birgel, D.; Peckmann, J.; Klautzsch, S.; Thiel, V. & Reitner, J. (2006)
Geomicrobiology Journal, 23(7) pp. 565-577. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01490450600897369 .
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The fatty acids of calcareous sponges (Calcarea, Porifera)
Schreiber, A.; Woerheide, G. & Thiel, V. (2006)
Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 143(1-2) pp. 29-37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2006.06.001 .
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Methane-derived carbonate build-ups and associated microbial communities at cold seeps on the lower Crimean shelf (Black Sea)
Reitner, J.; Peckmann, J.; Reimer, A.; Schumann, G. & Thiel, V. (2005)
Facies, 51(1-4) pp. 66-79. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-005-0059-4 .
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An anaerobic world in sponges
Hoffmann, F.; Larsen, O.; Thiel, V.; Rapp, H. T.; Pape, T.; Michaelis, W. & Reitner, J. (2005)
Geomicrobiology Journal, 22(1-2) pp. 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01490450590922505 .
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Concretionary methane-seep carbonates and associated microbial communities in Black Sea sediments
Reitner, J.; Peckmann, J.; Blumenberg, M.; Michaelis, W.; Reimer, A. & Thiel, V. (2005)
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 227(1-3) pp. 18-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.04.033 .
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Carbon cycling at ancient methane-seeps
Peckmann, J. & Thiel, V. (2004)
Chemical Geology, 205(3-4) pp.443-467.
Elsevier Science Bv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.12.025
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A microbial mat of a large sulfur bacterium preserved in a miocene methane-seep limestone
Peckmann, J.; Thiel, V.; Reitner, J.; Taviani, M.; Aharon, P. & Michaelis, W. (2004)
Geomicrobiology Journal, 21(4) pp. 247-255. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01490450490438757 .
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Unexpected occurrence of hopanoids at gas seeps in the Black Sea
Thiel, V.; Blumenberg, M.; Pape, T.; Seifert, R. & Michaelis, W. (2003)
Organic Geochemistry, 34(1) art. PII S0146-6380(02)00191-2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00191-2 .
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Lipid biomarkers: An unconventional approach to resolve sponge interclass relationships
Thiel, V.; Worheide, G.; Blumenberg, M.; Pape, T. & Michaelis, W. (2003)
Integrative and Comparative Biology, 43(6) Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, New Orleans, LA.
Mclean: Soc Integrative Comparative Biology.
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The Late Eocene 'Whiskey Creek' methane-seep deposit (Western Washington State) - Part I: Geology, palaeontology, and molecular geobiology
Goedert, J. L.; Thiel, V.; Schmale, O.; Rau, W. W.; Michaelis, W. & Peckmann, J. (2003)
Facies, 48 pp.223-239.
Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02667541
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A comprehensive approach to the study of methane-seep deposits from the Lincoln Creek Formation, western Washington State, USA
Peckmann, J.; Goedert, J. L.; Thiel, V.; Michaelis, W. & Reitner, J. (2002)
Sedimentology, 49(4) pp. 855-873. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00474.x .
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A chemical view of the most ancient metazoa - biomarker chemotaxonomy of hexactinellid sponges (vol 89, pg 60, 2002)
Thiel, V.; Blumenberg, M.; Hefter, J.; Pape, T.; Pomponi, S.; Reed, J. & Reitner, J. et al. (2002)
The Science of Nature, 89(5) pp. 233-234. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-002-0324-0 .
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Molecular evidence for microorganisms in recent and ancient methane-related settings
Michaelis, W.; Seifert, R.; Nauhaus, K.; Treude, T.; Blumenberg, M.; Knittel, K. & Gieseke, A. et al. (2002)
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66(15A)
Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd.
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Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane
Michaelis, W.; Seifert, R.; Nauhaus, K.; Treude, T.; Thiel, V.; Blumenberg, M. & Knittel, K. et al. (2002)
Science, 297(5583) pp. 1013-1015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1072502 .
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A chemical view of the most ancient metazoa - biomarker chemotaxonomy of hexactinellid sponges
Thiel, V.; Blumenberg, M.; Hefter, J.; Pape, T.; Pomponi, S.; Reed, J. C. & Reitner, J. et al. (2002)
The Science of Nature, 89(2) pp. 60-66. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-001-0284-9 .
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An example for black shale development on a carbonate platform (Late Triassic, Seefeld, Austria)
Hopf, H.; Thiel, V. & Reitner, J. (2001)
Facies, 45 pp. 203-210. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02668113 .
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Molecular signals for anaerobic methane oxidation in Black Sea seep carbonates and a microbial mat
Thiel, V.; Peckmann, J.; Richnow, H. H.; Luth, U.; Reitner, J. & Michaelis, W. (2001)
Marine Chemistry, 73(2) pp. 97-112. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(00)00099-2 .
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Molecular fossils from ancient methane: Related settings.
Thiel, V.; Peckmann, J.; Reitner, J. & Michaelis, W. (2001)
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 221
Washington: Amer Chemical Soc.
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A new straight-chain hydrocarbon biomarker associated with anaerobic methane cycling
Thiel, V.; Peckmann, J.; Schmale, O.; Reitner, J. & Michaelis, W. (2001)
Organic Geochemistry, 32(8) pp. 1019-1023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0146-6380(01)00075-4 .
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Biofilm exopolymers control microbialite formation at thermal springs discharging into the alkaline Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA
Arp, G.; Thiel, V.; Reimer, A.; Michaelis, W. & Reitner, J. (1999)
Sedimentary Geology, 126(1-4) pp. 159-176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00038-X .
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Petrology of Lower Cretaceous carbonate mud mounds (Albian, N. Spain): insights into organomineralic deposits of the geological record
Neuweiler, F.; Gautret, P.; Thiel, V.; Lange, R.; Michaelis, W. & Reitner, J. (1999)
Sedimentology, 46(5) pp. 837-859. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00255.x .
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Mid-chain branched alkanoic acids from "living fossil" demosponges: a link to ancient sedimentary lipids?
Thiel, V.; Jenisch, A.; Wörheide, G.; Löwenberg, A.; Reitner, J. & Michaelis, W. (1999)
Organic geochemistry, 30(1) pp. 1-14.
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Highly isotopically depleted isoprenoids ; molecular markers for ancient methane venting
Thiel, V.; Peckmann, J.; Seifert, R.; Wehrung, P.; Reitner, J. & Michaelis, W. (1999)
Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 63(23/24) pp. 3959-3966.
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Cold seep deposits of Beauvoisin (Oxfordian southeastern France) and Marmorito (Miocene northern Italy) Microbially induced authigenic carbonates
Peckmann, J.; Thiel, V.; Michaeli, W.; Clari, P.; Gaillard, C.; Martire, L. & Reitner, J. (1999)
International journal of earth sciences, 88 pp. 60-75. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s005310050246 .
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Bacterially mediated formation of diagenetic aragonite and native sulfur in Zechstein carbonates (Upper Permian, Central Germany)
Peckmann, J.; Paul, J. & Thiel, V. (1999)
Sedimentary Geology, 126(1-4) pp. 205-222. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00041-X .
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Unusual distributions of long-chain alkenones and tetrahymanol from the highly alkaline Lake Van, Turkey
Thiel, V.; Jenisch, A.; Landmann, G.; Reimer, A. & Michaelis, W. (1997)
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61(10) pp. 2053-2064. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00038-0 .
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Organic matter in Great Salt Lake ooids (Utah, USA) - First approach to a formation via organic matrices
Reitner, J.; Arp, G.; Thiel, V.; Gautret, P.; Galling, U. & Michaelis, W. (1997)
Facies,(36) pp. 210-219.
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Biosedimentology of Microbial Buildups IGCP Project No. 380 Proceedings of 2nd Meeting, Göttingen/Germany 1996
Neuweiler, F.; Reitner, J.; Monty, C.; Feldmann, M.; Awramik, S.; Bourque, Pierre-André & Cirilli, S. et al. (1997)
Facies, 36(1) pp. 195-284. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02536885 .
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