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Novak, Joseph B; Russell, James M; Lindemuth, Emma; Prokopenko, Alexander A; Pérez-Angel, Lina C; Zhao, Boyang; Swann, George E A; Polissar, Pratigya J (2025): Compiled globally-distributed brGDGT data [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.973589, In: Novak, JB et al. (2025): Compiled globally-distributed brGDGT data [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.973601

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Published: 2025-02-28DOI registered: 2025-03-29

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Keyword(s):
Age model; Branched GDGTs; calibration dataset; Composite depth; Lake Baikal
Related to:
Novak, Joseph B; Russell, James M; Lindemuth, Emma; Prokopenko, Alexander A; Pérez-Angel, Lina C; Zhao, Boyang; Swann, George E A; Polissar, Pratigya J (2025): The Branched GDGT Isomer Ratio Refines Lacustrine Paleotemperature Estimates. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 26(3), e2024GC012069, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GC012069
Source:
Bauersachs, Thorsten; Schubert, Carsten J; Mayr, Christoph; Gilli, Adrian; Schwark, Lorenz (2024): Branched GDGT-based temperature calibrations from Central European lakes. Science of the Total Environment, 906, 167724, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167724
Baxter, Allix J; Hopmans, Ellen C; Russell, James M; Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S (2019): Bacterial GMGTs in East African lake sediments: Their potential as palaeotemperature indicators. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 259, 155-169, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.05.039
Cao, Jiantao; Rao, Z; Shi, Fuxi; Jia, Guodong (2020): Ice formation on lake surfaces in winter causes warm-season bias of lacustrine brGDGT temperature estimates. Biogeosciences, 17(9), 2521-2536, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2521-2020
Dang, Xinyue; Ding, Weihua; Yang, Huan; Pancost, Richard D; Naafs, Bernhard David A; Xue, Jiantao; Lin, X; Lu, Jiayi; Xie, Shucheng (2018): Different temperature dependence of the bacterial brGDGT isomers in 35 Chinese lake sediments compared to that in soils. Organic Geochemistry, 119, 72-79, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.02.008
Li, Jingbo; Naafs, Bernhard David A; Pancost, Richard D; Yang, Huan; Liu, Deng; Xie, Shucheng (2017): Distribution of branched tetraether lipids in ponds from Inner Mongolia, NE China: Insight into the source of brGDGTs. Organic Geochemistry, 112, 127-136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.07.005
Liang, Jie; Guo, Yanlong; Richter, Nora; Xie, Haichao; Vachula, Richard; Lupien, Rachel L; Zhao, Boyang; Wang, Mingda; Yao, Yuan; Hou, Juzhi; Liu, Jianbao; Russell, James M (2022): Calibration and Application of Branched GDGTs to Tibetan Lake Sediments: The Influence of Temperature on the Fall of the Guge Kingdom in Western Tibet, China. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(5), e2021PA004393, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021PA004393
Martínez-Sosa, Pablo; Tierney, Jessica E; Meredith, Laura K (2020): Controlled lacustrine microcosms show a brGDGT response to environmental perturbations. Organic Geochemistry, 145, 104041, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104041
Martínez-Sosa, Pablo; Tierney, Jessica E; Stefanescu, Ioana C; Dearing Crampton-Flood, Emily; Shuman, Bryan N; Routson, Cody (2021): A global Bayesian temperature calibration for lacustrine brGDGTs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 305, 87-105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.04.038
Ning, Dongliang; Zhang, Enlou; Shulmeister, James; Chang, Jie; Sun, Weiwei; Ni, Zhenyu (2019): Holocene mean annual air temperature (MAAT) reconstruction based on branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers from Lake Ximenglongtan, southwestern China. Organic Geochemistry, 133, 65-76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.05.003
Otiniano, Gerard A; Porter, Trevor J; Buceta, Rhys E; Bergman, Matthew E; Phillips, Michael A (2023): Climatic and environmentally driven variability in lacustrine brGDGT distributions at local to regional scales in Alaska and northwestern Canada. Organic Geochemistry, 181, 104604, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2023.104604
Qian, Shi; Yang, Huan; Dong, Caohui; Wang, Yongbo; Wu, J; Pei, Hongye; Dang, Xinyue; Lu, Jiayi; Zhao, Shijin; Xie, Shucheng (2019): Rapid response of fossil tetraether lipids in lake sediments to seasonal environmental variables in a shallow lake in central China: Implications for the use of tetraether-based proxies. Organic Geochemistry, 128, 108-121, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.12.007
Raberg, Jonathan H; Harning, David J; Crump, Sarah E; de Wet, Gregory A; Blumm, Aria; Kopf, Sebastian; Geirsdóttir, Áslaug; Miller, Gifford H; Sepúlveda, Julio (2021): Revised fractional abundances and warm-season temperatures substantially improve brGDGT calibrations in lake sediments. Biogeosciences, 18(12), 3579-3603, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3579-2021
Russell, James M; Hopmans, Ellen C; Loomis, Shannon E; Liang, Jie; Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S (2018): Distributions of 5- and 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in East African lake sediment: Effects of temperature, pH, and new lacustrine paleotemperature calibrations. Organic Geochemistry, 117, 56-69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.12.003
Wang, Huanye; Liu, Weiguo; He, Yuxin; Zhou, Aifeng; Zhao, Hui; Liu, Hui; Cao, Yunning; Hu, Jing; Meng, Bowen; Jiang, Jiawei; Kolpakova, Marina; Krivonogov, Sergey K; Liu, Zhonghui (2021): Salinity-controlled isomerization of lacustrine brGDGTs impacts the associated M B T 5 M E ' terrestrial temperature index. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 305, 33-48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.05.004
Weber, Yuki; Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S; Zopfi, Jakob; De Jonge, Cindy; Gilli, Adrian; Schubert, Carsten J; Lepori, Fabio; Lehmann, Moritz F; Niemann, Helge (2018): Redox-dependent niche differentiation provides evidence for multiple bacterial sources of glycerol tetraether lipids in lakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(43), 10926-10931, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805186115
Zhao, Boyang; Castañeda, Isla S; Bradley, Raymond S; Salacup, Jeffrey M; de Wet, Gregory A; Daniels, William C; Schneider, Tobias (2021): Development of an in situ branched GDGT calibration in Lake 578, southern Greenland. Organic Geochemistry, 152, 104168, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104168
Zhao, Boyang; Russell, James M; Tsai, Victor C; Blaus, Ansis; Parish, Meredith; Liang, Jie; Wilk, Alexander; Du, Xiaojing; Bush, Mark B (2023): Evaluating global temperature calibrations for lacustrine branched GDGTs: Seasonal variability, paleoclimate implications, and future directions. Quaternary Science Reviews, 310, 108124, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108124
Funding:
National Science Foundation (NSF), grant/award no. NNA 22-02918: Rainfall, Ecosystems, and Fire in Warm Late Neogene Climates of the Lake Baikal Region
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), grant/award no. NE/J007765/1
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), grant/award no. NE/J00829X/1
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), grant/award no. NE/J010227/1
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 33.588509 * Median Longitude: -8.753359 * South-bound Latitude: -50.980000 * West-bound Longitude: -176.690000 * North-bound Latitude: 72.600000 * East-bound Longitude: 162.960000
Comment:
This dataset is an expanded version of the dataset compiled by Zhao et al. (2023) in Quaternary Science Reviews (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108124).
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1NumberNoNovak, Joseph B
2Sample IDSample IDNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
3LakeLakeNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
4LocationLocationNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
5Reference/sourceReferenceNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
6LATITUDELatitudeNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)Geocode
7LONGITUDELongitudeNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)Geocode
8Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIIa, fractional abundancebrGDGT IIIaNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
9Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIIa', fractional abundancebrGDGT IIIa'Novak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
10Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIIb, fractional abundancebrGDGT IIIbNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
11Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIIb', fractional abundancebrGDGT IIIb'Novak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
12Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIIc, fractional abundancebrGDGT IIIcNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
13Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIIc', fractional abundancebrGDGT IIIc'Novak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
14Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIa, fractional abundancebrGDGT IIaNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
15Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIa', fractional abundancebrGDGT IIa'Novak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
16Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIb, fractional abundancebrGDGT IIbNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
17Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIb', fractional abundancebrGDGT IIb'Novak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
18Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIc, fractional abundancebrGDGT IIcNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
19Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, IIc', fractional abundancebrGDGT IIc'Novak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
20Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, Ia, fractional abundancebrGDGT IaNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
21Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, Ib, fractional abundancebrGDGT IbNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
22Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether, Ic, fractional abundancebrGDGT IcNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
23Isomer ratio of 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethersIR6meNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
24Methylation index of 5-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraetherMBT5MENovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
25Cyclization ratio of branched tetraethers primeCBT'Novak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)
26Temperature, air, annual meanMAAT°CNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)worldclim
27Temperature, air, mean of months, above freezingMAF°CNovak, Joseph Bsee reference(s)worldclim
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
15924 data points

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