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Time series in sinking particles

By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Time series of (a) TEX86 and (b) UK'37 in sinking particles, and flux of (c) GDGTs and (d) alkenones at 700 m water depth
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Time series of (a) TEX86 and (b) UK'37 in sinking particles, and flux of (c) GDGTs and (d) alkenones at 700 m water depth in the northern Gulf of Mexico. SST from HadISST (grey dashed line), local buoy data (black dashed line), and CTD casts during sediment trap recovery/deployment cruises is shown in panels a and b. Total flux of isoprenoid GDGTs (Σ GDGT 0, I, II, III, V and V′) (c) and C37 alkenone (ΣC37:3, C37:2) (d) are plotted with the total mass flux from January 2010 to December 2013. This figure and additional details can be found in Richey and others, 2016.

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GDGT and alkenone flux in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for the TEX86 and UK'37
Richey, J. N., and J. E. Tierney (2016), GDGT and alkenone flux in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for the TEX86 and UK'37 paleothermometers, Paleoceanography, 31, 1547–1561, doi:10.1002/2016PA003032.