**If using this database in a publication, please cite this repository (osf.io/58p4s) and every study used in the compilation (listed below)** ---------- A note about this compilation: At this time, lakes with replicate samples within the same publication have been averaged into a single value. The SD of the average is propagated into the error on that point. No averaging was done across publications (e.g. Lake Nam Co shows up in 3 publications so is included in this dataset 3 times.) A version with all published data as-is is in progress, but please see original publications if you prefer to include these replicates in your analysis. ---------- If you have published data that can be added to this database, please fill out the 'new data template' (available in the Files tab) and email it to jamie.mcfarlin@colorado.edu. The data will then be added to the compilation csv, and the citation will be added to the wiki page. If you are an author on any of the included data and notice any errors in the csv, please contact J. McFarlin This database compiles published data on modern sedimentary leaf wax dD. At this time, this database does not include data from studies using modern soils, plants, or suspended sediment **Alkanes** (most recent update 3/Dec/2019) Aichner, B., Herzschuh, U., Wilkes, H., Vieth, A., Böhner, J., 2010. δD values of n-alkanes in Tibetan lake sediments and aquatic macrophytes - A surface sediment study and application to a 16ka record from Lake Koucha. Org. Geochem. 41, 779–790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.05.010 Aichner, B., Makhmudov, Z., Rajabov, I., Zhang, Q., Pausata, F. S. R., Werner, M., Heinecke, L, Kuessner, M., Feakins, S., Sachse, D., Mischke, S., 2019. Hydroclimate in the Pamirs was driven by changes in precipitation‐evaporation seasonality since the last glacial period. Geophysical Research Letters 46, 2019GL085202 Daniels, W.C., Russell, J.M., Giblin, A.E., Welker, J.M., Klein, E.S., Huang, Y., 2017. Hydrogen isotope fractionation in leaf waxes in the Alaskan Arctic tundra. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 213, 216–236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.06.028 Douglas, P.M.J., Pagani, M., Brenner, M., Hodell, D.A., Curtis, J.H., 2012. Aridity and vegetation composition are important determinants of leaf-wax δD values in southeastern Mexico and Central America. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 97, 24–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.005 Duan, Y., Xu, L., 2012. Distributions of n-alkanes and their hydrogen isotopic composition in plants from Lake Qinghai (China) and the surrounding area. Appl. Geochemistry 27, 806–814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.12.008 Freimuth, Erika J., Diefendorf, A.F., Lowell, T. V., Wiles, G.C., 2019a. Sedimentary n-alkanes and n-alkanoic acids in a temperate bog are biased toward woody plants. Org. Geochem. 128, 94–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.01.006 Freimuth, Erika J, Diefendorf, A.F., Lowell, T. V, Bates, B.R., Schartman, A., Bird, B.W., Landis, J.D., Stewart, A.K., 2019b. Contrasting sensitivity of lake sediment n-alkanoic acids and n-alkanes to basin-scale vegetation and regional-scale precipitation δ2H in the Adirondack Mountains, NY (USA). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.08.026 Garcin, Y., Schwab, V.F., Gleixner, G., Kahmen, A., Todou, G., Séné, O., Onana, J.M., Achoundong, G., Sachse, D., 2012. Hydrogen isotope ratios of lacustrine sedimentary n-alkanes as proxies of tropical African hydrology: Insights from a calibration transect across Cameroon. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 79, 106–126. Guenther, F., Aichner, B., Siegwolf, R., Xu, B., Yao, T., Gleixner, G., 2013. A synthesis of hydrogen isotope variability and its hydrological significance at the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Quat. Int. 313–314, 3–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.013 Leider, A., Hinrichs, K.U., Schefuß, E., Versteegh, G.J.M.M., 2013. Distribution and stable isotopes of plant wax derived n-alkanes in lacustrine, fluvial and marine surface sediments along an Eastern Italian transect and their potential to reconstruct the hydrological cycle. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 117, 16–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.04.018 McFarlin, J.M., Axford, Y., Masterson, A., Osburn, M.R., 2019. Calibration of modern sedimentary δ2H plant wax-water relationships in Greenland lakes. Quaternary Science Reviews. Mügler, I., Sachse, D., Werner, M., Xu, B., Wu, G., Yao, T., Gleixner, G., 2008. Effect of lake evaporation on δD values of lacustrine n-alkanes: A comparison of Nam Co (Tibetan Plateau) and Holzmaar (Germany). Org. Geochem. 39, 711–729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.02.008 Nelson, D.B., Ladd, S.N., Schubert, C.J., Kahmen, A., 2018. Rapid atmospheric transport and large-scale deposition of recently synthesized plant waxes. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 222, 599–617. Polissar, P.J., Freeman, K.H., 2010. Effects of aridity and vegetation on plant-wax δD in modern lake sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 74, 5785–5797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.06.018 Sachse, D., Radke, J., Gleixner, G., 2004. Hydrogen isotope ratios of recent lacustrine sedimentary n-alkanes record modern climate variability. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68, 4877–4889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2004.06.004 Seki, O., Nakatsuka, T., Shibata, H., Kawamura, K., 2010. A compound-specific n-alkane δ13C and δD approach for assessing source and delivery processes of terrestrial organic matter within a forested watershed in northern Japan. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 74, 599–613. Xia, Z., Xu, B., Mügler, I., Wu, G., Gleixner, G., Sachse, D., Zhu, L., 2008. Climatic implication of hydrogen isotope ratios of terrigenous n-alkanes in lacustrine surface sediment of the Tibetan Plateau. Geochem. J. 20, 695–704. https://doi.org/10.2343/geochemj.42.331 **FAMEs** (most recent update 2/Dec/2019) Aichner, B., Feakins, S. J., Lee, J. E., Herzschuh, U., Liu, X., 2015. High-resolution leaf wax carbon and hydrogen isotopic record of the late Holocene paleoclimate in arid Central Asia. Climate of the Past 11, 619-633. Daniels, W.C., Russell, J.M., Giblin, A.E., Welker, J.M., Klein, E.S., Huang, Y., 2017. Hydrogen isotope fractionation in leaf waxes in the Alaskan Arctic tundra. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 213, 216–236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.06.028 Douglas, P.M.J., Pagani, M., Brenner, M., Hodell, D.A., Curtis, J.H., 2012. Aridity and vegetation composition are important determinants of leaf-wax δD values in southeastern Mexico and Central America. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 97, 24–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.005 Freimuth, Erika J., Diefendorf, A.F., Lowell, T. V., Wiles, G.C., 2019. Sedimentary n-alkanes and n-alkanoic acids in a temperate bog are biased toward woody plants. Org. Geochem. 128, 94–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.01.006 Freimuth, Erika J, Diefendorf, A.F., Lowell, T. V, Bates, B.R., Schartman, A., Bird, B.W., Landis, J.D., Stewart, A.K., 2019. Contrasting sensitivity of lake sediment n-alkanoic acids and n-alkanes to basin-scale vegetation and regional-scale precipitation δ2H in the Adirondack Mountains, NY (USA). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.08.026 Hou, J., D’Andrea, W.J., MacDonald, D., Huang, Y., 2007. Hydrogen isotopic variability in leaf waxes among terrestrial and aquatic plants around Blood Pond, Massachusetts (USA). Org. Geochem. 38, 977–984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.12.009 Huang, Y., Shuman, B., Wang, Y., Webb, T., 2004. Hydrogen isotope ratios of individual lipids in lake sediments as novel tracers of climatic and environmental change: A surface sediment test. J. Paleolimnol. 31, 363–375. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOPL.0000021855.80535.13 Ladd, S.N., Nelson, D.B., Schubert, C.J., Dubois, N., 2018. Lipid compound classes display diverging hydrogen isotope responses in lakes along a nutrient gradient. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 237, 103–119. McFarlin, J.M., Axford, Y., Masterson, A., Osburn, M.R., 2019. Calibration of modern sedimentary δ2H plant wax-water relationships in Greenland lakes. Quaternary Science Reviews. Shanahan, T.M., Hughen, K.A., Ampel, L., Sauer, P.E., Fornace, K., 2013. Environmental controls on the 2H/1H values of terrestrial leaf waxes in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 119, 286–301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.05.032 Wilkie, K.M.K., Chapligin, B., Meyer, H., Burns, S., Petsch, S., Brigham-Grette, J., 2013. Modern isotope hydrology and controls on δd of plant leaf waxes at Lake El’gygytgyn, NE Russia. Clim. Past 9, 335–352. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-335-2013