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Median Latitude: 32.398690 * Median Longitude: 43.325074 * South-bound Latitude: -54.900000 * West-bound Longitude: -177.400000 * North-bound Latitude: 79.200000 * East-bound Longitude: 172.150000
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This file contains the fractional abundances of the 21 available branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGT) including the 5-, 6- and 7-methyl isomers. The fractional abundances are given in percentages. For the name of the compounds, the Roman numerals refer to the nomenclature given in De Jonge et al. (2014a). The 5-, 6- and 7-methyl isomer are given with _5Me, _6Me and _7Me respectively.
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