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<Entry_Title>Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers and brGDGT proxy temperature records from the Weinan loess-paleosol sequence</Entry_Title>
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<Dataset_Creator>Guo, Jingjing; Fuchs, Louise; Ziegler, Martin; Yin, Qiuzhen; Wu, Zhipeng; Hao, Lu; Sun, Youbin; Peterse, Francien</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers and brGDGT proxy temperature records from the Weinan loess-paleosol sequence</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2026-05-26</Dataset_Release_Date>
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<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972067</Online_Resource>
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<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Jingjing</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Guo</Last_Name>
<Email>j.guo@uu.nl</Email>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Temperature, air, annual mean</Detailed_Variable>
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<Keyword>Loess profile</Keyword>
<Keyword>Weinan</Keyword>
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<Long_Name>Calculated, see reference(s)</Long_Name>
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<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>BayMBT - Bayesian calibration for the branched GDGT MBT5Me proxy</Long_Name>
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<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
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<Northernmost_Latitude>34.43</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>109.58</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>109.58</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>0.03 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>4.9 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)</Maximum_Depth>
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<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
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<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
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<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
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<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
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<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>1120 data points</Distribution_Size>
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<Reference>Guo, Jingjing; Ziegler, Martin; Yin, Qiuzhen; Wu, Zhipeng; Fuchs, Louise; Hao, Lu; Sun, Youbin; Peterse, Francien (2026): Influence of Growing Season Length on Orbital‐Scale Temperature Evolution Across the Chinese Loess Plateau. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 41(6), e2026PA005439, https://doi.org/10.1029/2026PA005439</Reference>
<Reference>Fuchs, Louise; Zhou, Bin; Magill, Clayton; Eglinton, Timothy Ian; Sun, Youbin; Peterse, Francien (2022): Multiproxy records of temperature, precipitation and vegetation on the central Chinese Loess Plateau over the past 200,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 288, 107579, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107579</Reference>
<Reference>Guo, Jingjing; Ziegler, Martin; Fuchs, Louise; Sun, Youbin; Peterse, Francien (2025): Towards quantitative reconstruction of past monsoon precipitation based on tetraether membrane lipids in Chinese loess. Climate of the Past, 21(2), 343-355, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-343-2025</Reference>
<Reference>Lu, Hongxuan; Liu, Weiguo; Yang, Hong; Wang, Huanye; Liu, Zhonghui; Leng, Qin; Sun, Youbin; Zhou, Weijian; An, Zhisheng (2019): 800-kyr land temperature variations modulated by vegetation changes on Chinese Loess Plateau. Nature Communications, 10(1), 1958, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09978-1</Reference>
<Reference>Peterse, Francien; Martínez-García, Alfredo; Zhou, Bin; Beets, Christiaan J; Prins, Maarten Arnoud; Zheng, Hongbo; Eglinton, Timothy Ian (2014): Molecular records of continental air temperature and monsoon precipitation variability in East Asia spanning the past 130,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 83, 76-82, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.11.001</Reference>
<Reference>Tang, Changyan; Yang, Huan; Pancost, Richard D; Griffiths, Michael L; Xiao, Guoqiao; Dang, Xinyue; Xie, Shucheng (2017): Tropical and high latitude forcing of enhanced megadroughts in Northern China during the last four terminations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 479, 98-107, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.012</Reference>
<Summary>For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972067"!</Summary>
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<URL>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.012</URL>
<Description>Tropical and high latitude forcing of enhanced megadroughts in Northern China during the last four terminations</Description>
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<URL>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.11.001</URL>
<Description>Molecular records of continental air temperature and monsoon precipitation variability in East Asia spanning the past 130,000 years</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107579</URL>
<Description>Multiproxy records of temperature, precipitation and vegetation on the central Chinese Loess Plateau over the past 200,000 years</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1029/2026PA005439</URL>
<Description>Influence of Growing Season Length on Orbital‐Scale Temperature Evolution Across the Chinese Loess Plateau</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09978-1</URL>
<Description>800-kyr land temperature variations modulated by vegetation changes on Chinese Loess Plateau</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-343-2025</URL>
<Description>Towards quantitative reconstruction of past monsoon precipitation based on tetraether membrane lipids in Chinese loess</Description>
</Related_URL>
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<DIF_Creation_Date>2026-05-26</DIF_Creation_Date>
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