Major element geochemistry and weathering indices (CIA, WIP, CIQ) of marine sediment core SK168/GC01, Andaman Sea

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This dataset presents major element geochemistry and calculated chemical weathering indices for deep-sea sediment core SK168/GC01 (11°42′N, 94°29′E; 2064 m water depth) recovered from the central Andaman Sea, covering the last ~54 ka. Major element concentrations (Al₂O₃, TiO₂, CaO, Na₂O, K₂O, MgO) were determined on the lithogenic fraction by wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (WD-XRF) at the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, following removal of authigenic, biogenic, and weakly bound components by 1N hydrochloric acid leaching. Derived geochemical indices — the Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA), Weathering Index of Parker (WIP), Chemical Index of Quartz Enrichment (CIQ), and Al₂O₃/K₂O ratio — are provided alongside the elemental data to facilitate reconstruction of late Quaternary continental silicate weathering intensity and sediment chemical maturity in the Andaman Sea basin. These data support the findings reported in Miriyala (2026, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, in review).

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.994050
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.994050
Provenance
Creator Miriyala, Pavan ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 620 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (94.493 LON, 11.708 LAT)