| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
| 1 | Country | Country | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 2 | Area/locality | Area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | area or name of peat |
| 3 | Depth, description | Depth desc | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | numbers in cm |
| 4 | Temperature, annual mean | MAT | °C | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 5 | Temperature, coldest month | CMT | °C | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 6 | Temperature, warmest month | WMT | °C | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 7 | pH | pH | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 8 | pH change | D pH | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 9 | Acyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | GDGT-0 peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 10 | Monocyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | GDGT-1 peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 11 | Dicyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | GDGT-2 peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 12 | Tricyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | GDGT-3 peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 13 | Crenarchaeol (peak area) | Cren peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 14 | Crenarchaeol isomer (peak area) | Cren iso peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 15 | Pentacyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | GDGT-5 peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 16 | Isoprenoid glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | iso GDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | HisoGDGT-0 |
| 17 | Isoprenoid glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | iso GDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | HisoGDGT-1 |
| 18 | Isoprenoid glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | iso GDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | HisoGDGT-2 |
| 19 | Isoprenoid glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | iso GDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | HisoGDGT-3 |
| 20 | Isoprenoid glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | iso GDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | HisoGDGT-4 |
| 21 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | Ia |
| 22 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | Ib |
| 23 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | Ic |
| 24 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIa |
| 25 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIa' |
| 26 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIb |
| 27 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIb' |
| 28 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIc |
| 29 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIc' |
| 30 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIa |
| 31 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIa' |
| 32 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIb |
| 33 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIb' |
| 34 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIc |
| 35 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIc' |
| 36 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | H-brGDGT-Ia |
| 37 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | H-brGDGT-IIa |
| 38 | Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (peak area) | brGDGT peak area | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | H-brGDGT-IIIa |
| 39 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance Ia | brGDGT f(Ia) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 40 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance Ib | brGDGT f(Ib) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 41 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance Ic | brGDGT f(Ic) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 42 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIa | brGDGT f(IIa) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIa |
| 43 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIa | brGDGT f(IIa) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIa' |
| 44 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIb | brGDGT f(IIb) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIb |
| 45 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIb | brGDGT f(IIb) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIb' |
| 46 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIc | brGDGT f(IIc) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIc |
| 47 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIc | brGDGT f(IIc) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIc' |
| 48 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIIa | brGDGT f(IIIa) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIa |
| 49 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIIa | brGDGT f(IIIa) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIa' |
| 50 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIIb | brGDGT f(IIIb) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIb |
| 51 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIIb | brGDGT f(IIIb) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIb' |
| 52 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIIc | brGDGT f(IIIc) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIc |
| 53 | Branched Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, fractional abundance IIIc | brGDGT f(IIIc) | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IIIc' |
| 54 | Acyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, fractional abundance | GDGT-0 | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 55 | Monocyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, fractional abundance | GDGT-1 | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 56 | Dicyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, fractional abundance | GDGT-2 | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 57 | Tricyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, fractional abundance | GDGT-3 | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 58 | Crenarchaeol, fractional abundance | Cren | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 59 | Crenarchaeol isomer, fractional abundance | Cren iso | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 60 | Pentacyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, fractional abundance | GDGT-5 | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 61 | Methylation index of dominant branched tetraethers | MBT' | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | MBT5me' |
| 62 | Isomer ratio of 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers | IR6me | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | IR6me |
| 63 | Cyclization ratio of branched tetraethers | CBT | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | CBTme |
| 64 | Cyclization ratio of branched tetraethers | CBT | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | CBT' |
| 65 | Cyclization ratio of branched tetraethers | CBT | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | CBTpeat |
| 66 | Tetramethylated branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether Ia | brGDGT I | % | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 67 | Pentamethylated branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether IIa/a' | brGDGT II | % | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 68 | Hexamethylated branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether IIIa/a' | brGDGT III | % | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 69 | Acyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether | GDGT-0 | % | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 70 | Mono-/di-/tricyclic glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether | GDGT-1-3 | % | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 71 | Crenarchaeol | Cren | % | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 72 | Ring index of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers | RI GDGTs | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |
| 73 | Tetraether index of 86 carbon atoms | TEX86 | | Naafs, Bernhard David A | | |