| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method | Comment |
| 1 | DATE/TIME  | Date/Time | | | | Geocode |
| 2 | Core  | Core | | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 3 | DEPTH, sediment/rock  | Depth | m | | | Geocode |
| 4 | Size fraction 1.000-0.500 mm, 0.0-1.0 phi, coarse sand  | 1-0.5 mm | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 5 | Percentile 10  | Perc10 | µm | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 6 | Percentile 90  | Perc90 | µm | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 7 | Median, grain size  | Median | µm | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 8 | Median, grain size  | Median | phi | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 9 | Peak area  | Peak area | cm2 | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 10 | Deviation  | Dev | phi | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 11 | Size fraction < 0.016 mm  | <16 µm | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 12 | Size fraction < 0.002 mm, > 9 phi, clay  | <2 µm, >9 phi | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 13 | Size fraction < 0.032 mm  | <32 µm | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 14 | Size fraction < 0.004 mm, clay  | <4 µm | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 15 | Size fraction < 0.050 mm  | <50 µm | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 16 | Size fraction < 0.063 mm, mud, pelite, silt+clay  | <63 µm | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 17 | Size fraction < 0.008 mm, clay  | <8 µm | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 18 | Size fraction 0.250-0.125 mm, 2.0-3.0 phi, fine sand  | 250-125 µm | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 19 | beta-Carotene, beta,beta-Carotene per unit sediment mass  | bb-Car/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 20 | Chlorophyll a per unit sediment mass  | Chl a/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 21 | Chlorophyll a plus pheophorbides per unit sediment mass  | Chl a+pheo/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 22 | Chlorophyll b per unit sediment mass  | Chl b/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 23 | Chlorophyll c per unit sediment mass  | Chl c/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 24 | Diadinoxanthin per unit sediment mass  | Ddx/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 25 | Diatoxanthin per unit sediment mass  | Dtx/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 26 | Phaeophytin a per unit sediment mass  | Phaeophy a/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 27 | Phaeophytin a plus allomer and isomer per unit sediment mass  | Phaeophy a+/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 28 | Phaeophorbide a per unit sediment mass  | Phaeopho a/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 29 | Fucoxanthin per unit sediment mass  | Fuco/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 30 | Neoxanthin per unit sediment mass  | Neo/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 31 | Peridinin per unit sediment mass  | Perid/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 32 | Violaxanthin per unit sediment mass  | Viola/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 33 | Zeaxanthin per unit sediment mass  | Zea/sed | µg/g | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 34 | Nitrogen, total  | TN | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 35 | delta 13C, particulate organic carbon  | d13C POC | per mil PDB | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 36 | delta 15N, particulate organic nitrogen  | d15N PON | per mil | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 37 | delta 13C, total particulate carbon  | d13C TPC | per mil PDB | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 38 | Carbon, organic, total  | TOC | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |
| 39 | Carbon, total  | TC | % | Gazeau, Frédéric  | | |