Palaeoclimate reconstruction from biomarker geochemistry and stable isotopes of n-alkanes from Carboniferous and Early Permian humic coals and limnic sediments in western and eastern Europe

► Coal and lacustrine deposits from the Carboniferous and Early Permian in Europe studied. ► Relationship between diterpanes and aromatics and palaeoclimate assessed. ► δD values of n-alkanes and palaeoclimate discussed.