| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method | Comment |
| 1 | DEPTH, sediment  | Depth | m | | | Geocode |
| 2 | Depth, composite  | Depth c | mcd | Stein, Ruediger  | | |
| 3 | Sample code/label  | Label | | Stein, Ruediger  | | |
| 4 | Carbon, organic, total  | TOC | % | Stein, Ruediger  | Element analyser CHN, LECO  | |
| 5 | delta 13C, organic carbon  | d13C Corg | per mil PDB | Stein, Ruediger  | Mass spectrometer Finnigan Delta-S  | on ground carbonate-free sediment samples; standard deviation less than 0.15% |
| 6 | Sulphur, total  | TS | % | Stein, Ruediger  | Element analyser CS, LECO CS-300  | |
| 7 | Nitrogen, total  | TN | % | Stein, Ruediger  | Element analyser CHN, LECO  | |
| 8 | Carbon/Nitrogen ratio  | C/N | | Stein, Ruediger  | calculated  | |
| 9 | Carbon/Sulphur ratio  | C/S | | Stein, Ruediger  | calculated  | |
| 10 | Hydrogen index  | HI | mg HC/g TOC | Stein, Ruediger  | Rock eval pyrolysis (Behar et al., 2001)  | |
| 11 | Oxygen index  | OI | mg CO2/g TOC | Stein, Ruediger  | Rock eval pyrolysis (Behar et al., 2001)  | |