Uk37Prime

( OrganicIndex )

Uk37Prime

The currently accepted U37kprime (Prahl and Wakeman, 1987) varies positively with temperature, and is defines as C(37:2)/(C(37:2)+C(37:3), where C(37:2) represents the quantity of the di-unsaturated ketone and C(37:3) the quantity of the tri-unsaturated form.

Herbet, T.D., 2003, Alkenone paleotemperature determinations in Treatise on Geochemistry, Volume 6, pp 391-432