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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-421-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-421-2025
Research article
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24 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 24 Jan 2025

Method development and application for the analysis of chiral organic marker species in ice cores

Johanna Schäfer, Anja Beschnitt, François Burgay, Thomas Singer, Margit Schwikowski, and Thorsten Hoffmann

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Cited articles

Beschnitt, A., Schwikowski, M., and Hoffmann, T.: Towards comprehensive non-target screening using heart-cut two-dimensional liquid chromatography for the analysis of organic atmospheric tracers in ice cores, J. Chromatogr. A, 1661, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462706, 2022. 
Bosle, J. M., Mischel, S. A., Schulze, A.-L., Scholz, D., and Hoffmann, T.: Quantification of low molecular weight fatty acids in cave drip water and speleothems using HPLC-ESI-IT/MS – development and validation of a selective method, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 406, 3167–3177, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-014-7743-6, 2014. 
Burgay, F., Salionov, D., Huber, C. J., Singer, T., Eichler, A., Ungeheuer, F., Vogel, A., Schwikowski, M., and Bjelić, S.: Hybrid Targeted/Untargeted Screening Method for the Determination of Wildfire and Water-Soluble Organic Tracers in Ice Cores and Snow, Anal. Chem., 95, 11456–11466, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01852, 2023. 
Burgay, F., Salionov, D., Singer, T., Eichler, A., Brutsch, S., Jenk, T., Bjelic, S., and Schwikowski, M.: Non-target screening analysis reveals changes in the molecular composition of the Belukha Ice Core between the pre-industrial and industrial periods (1830–1980 CE), EarthArXiv [preprint], https://doi.org/10.31223/X5796Z, 29 January 2024. 
Byron, J., Kreuzwieser, J., Purser, G., van Haren, J., Ladd, S. N., Meredith, L. K., Werner, C., and Williams, J.: Chiral monoterpenes reveal forest emission mechanisms and drought responses, Nature, 609, 307–312, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05020-5, 2022. 
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Glaciers preserve organic compounds from atmospheric aerosols, which can serve as markers for emission sources. Most studies overlook the enantiomers of chiral compounds. We developed a two-dimensional liquid chromatography method to determine the chiral ratios of the monoterpene oxidation products cis-pinic acid and cis-pinonic acid in ice-core samples. Applied to samples from the Belukha Glacier (1870–1970 CE), the method revealed fluctuating chiral ratios for the analytes.
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