TEX86

Molecular structures and HPLC detection of GDGTs. Retrieved from Tierney and Tingley (2015).[1]

TEX86 is an organic paleothermometer based upon the membrane lipids of mesophilic marine Nitrososphaerota (formerly "Thaumarchaeota", "Marine Group 1 Crenarchaeota").[2][3]

  1. ^ Tierney, Jessica E.; Tingley, Martin P. (2015-06-23). "A TEX86 surface sediment database and extended Bayesian calibration". Scientific Data. 2 (1): 150029. doi:10.1038/sdata.2015.29. ISSN 2052-4463. PMC 4477698.
  2. ^ Schouten, S.; Hopmans, E.C.; Schefuß, E.; Sinninghe Damste, J.S. (2002). "Distributional variation in marine crenarchaeotal membrane lipids: a new tool for reconstructing ancient sea water temperatures?". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 204 (1–2): 265–274. Bibcode:2002E&PSL.204..265S. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00979-2. S2CID 54198843.
  3. ^ Kim, J.-H.; Schouten, S.; Hopmans, E.C.; Donner, B.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2008). "Global sediment core-top calibration of the TEX86 paleothermometer in the ocean". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 72 (4): 1154–1173. Bibcode:2008GeCoA..72.1154K. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2007.12.010.