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Paleoclimatology

a sea surface temperature proxy based on the ratio of di- to tri-unsaturated long-chain ketones made by haptophyte algae.

In paleoclimatology, alkenone unsaturation index refers to a sea surface temperature proxy based on the ratio of di- to tri-unsaturated long-chain ketones made by haptophyte algae. This meaning comes from Prahl (1987) in Nature.[1]

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References

Prahl, F. G., & Wakeham, S. G. (1987). Calibration of unsaturation patterns in long-chain ketone compositions for palaeotemperature assessment. Nature, 330(6146), 367-369. https://doi.org/10.1038/330367a0

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