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Anything found in the natural record (such as a tree ring) that can be used to deduce the temperature at some time in the past.
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Paleothermometer — A paleothermometer is a methodology for determining past temperatures using a proxy found in a natural record such as a sediment, ice core, tree rings or TEX86.Common paleothermometersd18oThe ratio of 18o to 16o, usually in foram tests or ice… … Wikipedia
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TEX86 — is a paleothermometer based on the composition of membrane lipids of the marine picoplankton Crenarchaeota. Wuchter et al. (2004) found that the number of cyclopentane rings in Crenarchaeota membrane lipids changes linearly with temperature in… … Wikipedia
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Marine Isotopic Stage 11 — Interglacial periods that occurred during Pleistocene times have been recently put under investigation, in order to better understand our present and future climates. In fact, paleoclimatic interpretations often depends on observations drawn from … Wikipedia
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