Calibrated XRF-scanning data (mm resolution) and calibration data (ICP-OES and ICP-MS) for elements Al, Ba, Mo, Ti, and U in Mediterranean cores MS21, MS66, and 64PE406E1

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Sediment cores were collected using a piston corer at three sites in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Piston cores MS21 (32°20.7'N, 31°39.0'E; 1022 m water depth; 751.5 cm in length) and MS66 (33°1.9'N, 31°47.9'E; 1630 m water depth; 630 cm in length) were recovered during the MIMES cruise with the R/V Pelagia in 2004. Piston core 64PE406E1 (33°18.1'N, 33°23.7'E; 1760 m water depth; 920.5 cm in length) was recovered during the Eastern Mediterranean part of the 64PE406 (NESSC) cruise with the R/V Pelagia in 2016. The cores were opened and then prepared for X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) core scanning by carefully flattening the sediment and covering it with a 4-μm SPEXCerti Ultralene foil. Subsequently, the sediments were XRF-scanned with a 1-mm resolution using four settings (10 kV-no filter, 20 kV-Al filter, 30 kV-Pd-thick filter, and 50 kV-Cu filter). The produced XRF-core-scanner data were calibrated using a subset of the discrete samples taken from the same core material. These samples were digested with an acid mixture and partially measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and partially measured by ICP-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The main purpose of our data collection was to reconstruct in detail (~10-50 yr resolution) the deoxygenation and anoxia in the eastern Mediterranean Sea during the last 300 ka BP; we focused on elements and elemental ratios of Al, Ba, Mo, Ti, and U.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.923197
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089183
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.923197
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Creator Hennekam, Rick ORCID logo; Van der Bolt, Bregje ORCID logo; Van Nes, Egbert H (ORCID: 0000-0002-6345-104X); de Lange, Gert J ORCID logo; Scheffer, Marten; Reichart, Gert-Jan ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2020
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
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Language English
Resource Type Bundled Publication of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 6 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (31.650W, 32.345S, 33.395E, 33.302N); Osiris & Amon Mud Volcano; Nile Fan
Temporal Coverage Begin 2004-06-29T07:59:57Z
Temporal Coverage End 2004-07-11T12:12:52Z