Unlike #TEX86, another #GDGT-based #paleotemperature #ClimateProxy named the #Ring #Index of hydroxylated tetraethers (RI-OH) behaves as an #SST proxy despite the terrigenous #inputs.
This #place too deserves a #thread about my related #PhD #research #publication in #Paleoceanography and #Paleoclimatology:
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018PA003452 (1/5)

#Science #ScienceMastodon #Paper
#PaleoClimate #PaleoClimates
#ClimateChange #ClimateChanges #AbruptClimateChange
#SeaSurfaceTemperature
#MediterraneanSea

@gdgt

Two #basic #things to #know for #GDGT #lovers like me:
- These #nerdy #membrane-spanning #lipids are #ubiquitous in the #environment
- #GDGTs may have #multiple and #mixed #sources

If like a younger me* you apply #TEX86 in (#paleo)prodelta #deposits, be prepared to obtain #spooky #results from this #GDGT-based #paleotemperature #ClimateProxy!
#Links to the related #research #publication and #source #data in my auto-reply 👇🏻

*Me when I was a #PhDStudent

#HappyHalloween2024

@gdgt