Glossary

TCI

Temporal Climate Integrity Index - A composite metric integrating nine stratigraphic parameters to assess paleoclimate reconstruction quality.

LDR

Lithological Deposition Rate - Sediment accumulation rate parameter (20% weight).

ISO

Stable Isotope Fractionation - δ¹⁸O/δ¹³C paleothermometry parameter (15% weight).

MFA

Micro-Fossil Assemblage - Biostratigraphic age control parameter (12% weight).

MAG

Magnetic Susceptibility - Geomagnetic polarity reversals parameter (11% weight).

GCH

Geochemical Anomaly Index - Trace element event signatures parameter (10% weight).

PYS

Palynological Yield Score - Vegetation history parameter (9% weight).

VSI

Varve Sedimentary Integrity - Annual lamination preservation parameter (8% weight).

TDM

Thermal Diffusion Model - Burial depth and thermal maturity parameter (8% weight).

CEC

Cyclostratigraphic Energy Cycle - Milankovitch orbital frequencies parameter (7% weight).

PETM

Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum - Rapid warming event ~55.9 Ma.

Milankovitch Cycles

Orbital forcing cycles affecting climate: eccentricity (100/405 kyr), obliquity (41 kyr), and precession (21 kyr).

IODP

International Ocean Discovery Program - Provides drill core data.

PANGAEA

Data publisher for Earth and environmental science.

PINN

Physics-Informed Neural Network - Neural network with physical constraints.