| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method | Comment |
| 1 | AGE  | Age | ka BP | | | Geocode |
| 2 | Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, d18O  | C. wuellerstorfi d18O | per mil PDB | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Mass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 252  | |
| 3 | Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, d13C  | C. wuellerstorfi d13C | per mil PDB | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Mass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 252  | |
| 4 | Split  | Split | | Zhang, Jiangyong  | | determined part of whole sample |
| 5 | Foraminifera, benthic  | Foram bent | # | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 6 | Sedimentation rate  | Sed rate | cm/ka | Zhang, Jiangyong  | | |
| 7 | Density, dry bulk  | DBD | g/ccm | Zhang, Jiangyong  | | |
| 8 | Foraminifera, benthic  | Foram bent | #/g | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 9 | Accumulation rate, benthic foraminifera by number  | Acc rate benth forams | #/cm2/ka | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 10 | Paleoproductivity as carbon  | PP | g/m2/a | Zhang, Jiangyong  | calculated  | according to Herguera and Berger (1991) |
| 11 | Paleoproductivity as carbon  | PP | g/m2/a | Zhang, Jiangyong  | calculated  | according to Herguera (2000) |
| 12 | Foraminifera, planktic, fragmentation ratio  | Foram plankt frag ratio | | Zhang, Jiangyong  | | according to Lee and Shackleton (1992) |
| 13 | Ratio of benthic to planktic foraminifer  | BI87 | | Zhang, Jiangyong  | | |
| 14 | Pulleniatina obliquiloculata  | P. obliquiloculata | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 15 | Size fraction 2.000-0.630 mm, coarse sand  | 2-0.63 mm gS | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | | |
| 16 | Foraminifera, planktic  | Foram plankt | #/g | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >63 µm fraction  | |
| 17 | Foraminifera, planktic  | Foram plankt | #/g | Zhang, Jiangyong  | | abundance in dry bulk sediment |
| 18 | Delta delta 13C  | Dd13C | per mil PDB | Zhang, Jiangyong  | | |
| 19 | Foraminifera, benthic calcareous  | Foram bent calc | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | infaunal calcareous benthic foraminifera |
| 20 | Foraminifera, benthic hyaline  | Foram bent hyaline | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 21 | Foraminifera, benthic porcelaneous  | Foram bent porc | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 22 | Foraminifera, benthic agglutinated  | Foram bent agg | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 23 | Foraminifera, benthic agglutinated  | Foram bent agg | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | agglutinated foraminifera using organic cement |
| 24 | Eggerella bradyi  | E. bradyi | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 25 | Favocassidulina fava  | F. fava | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 26 | Pullenia bulloides  | P. bulloides | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 27 | Gavelinopsis lobatulus  | G. lobatulus | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 28 | Uvigerina spp.  | Uvigerina spp. | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 29 | Epistominella exigua  | E. exigua | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 30 | Cassidulina laevigata  | C. laevigata | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 31 | Astrononion novozealandicum  | A. novozealandicum | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 32 | Oridorsalis umbonatus  | O. umbonatus | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 33 | Melonis barleeanum  | M. barleeanum | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 34 | Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi  | C. wuellerstorfi | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 35 | Pullenia quinqueloba  | P. quinqueloba | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 36 | Globocassidulina subglobosa  | G. subglobosa | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 37 | Fissurina spp.  | Fissurina spp. | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 38 | Foraminifera, planktic mixed-layer-dwelling species  | Foram plankt mixed-layer | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 39 | Globoquadrina conglomerata  | G. conglomerata | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | Counting >154 µm fraction  | |
| 40 | Florisphaera profunda  | F. profunda | % | Zhang, Jiangyong  | | |