The compound-specific hydrogen isotopic composition (δ 2 H) of n-alkanes has been widely used for paleohydrological reconstructions in lacustrine sediments (e.g., Aichner et al., 2019;Thomas et al., 2016;Wirth & Sessions, 2016). Lacustrine sediments comprise terrestrial and aquatic n-alkanes, whose primary hydrogen source is the environmental water used for biosynthesis (Sachse et al., 2004;Xia et al., 2008). Terrestrial n-alkanes (e.g., C 31 ) mainly derive from the leaf waxes of higher terrestrial plants and primarily incorporate the local precipitation of the growing season as their source water for photosynthesis (
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