Applicability of the Long-chain Diol Index (LDI) as a sea surface temperature proxy in the Arabian Sea

Abstract

We applied the LDI as a paleothermometer to sedimentary records from the Arabian Sea focusing on the last glacial-interglacial transition • The sea surface temperature records showed decreasing values with the onset of the deglaciation, different from other proxy records • Strong upwelling may cause this cold bias, which was observed particularly at one record, offshore Oman