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tetraether index of 86 carbon atoms
an organic compound index that is calculated as the ratio of different isoprenoidal glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers.
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TEX86
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This page is used for exploring the WDS-Paleo controlled vocabulary for measured variables (PaST Thesaurus). A term's title and description will appear here. Terms marked as 'metaterm' are not searchable in the Variables Advanced Search, but serve to organize terms into a hierarchy.