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Citation:	Zammit, Raymond (2022): Early Miocene intensification of the North African hydrological cycle: multi-proxy evidence from the shelf carbonates of Malta - Geochemical data [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947547
Abstract:	A total of 140 samples were collected from the il-Blata section outcropping on the Mediterranean Island of Malta (base of section at 35.9004˚N, 14.3309˚E, top of section at 35.9000˚N, 14.3314˚E). 16 of these samples were selected to determine the 87Sr/86Sr in the bulk sediment and used to generate numerical ages using the LOWESS FIT for Sr-Stratigraphy (McArthur et al., 2012). All 87Sr/86Sr measurements conducted at the University of Geneva using a Thermo Neptune PLUS Multi-Collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. Data and numerical age model presented in table S1. The εNd data from (Bialik et al., 2019) were recalibrated to fit the new age model and presented in table S2. The percentage carbonate matter was measured using a FOGl digital calcimeter at the University of Malta (table S3). Dry powders were used to generate a stable isotope (δ18O & δ13C) record (table S4), all measurements were conducted on a Gasbench II coupled to a Thermo Delta V Advantage isotope ratio mass spectrometer at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University. Dry bulk sediment powders were also used to obtain major element composition and calculate element ratios Sr/Ca, Ti/Al, K/Al, Zr/Al, Si/Ti. All element measurements were conducted at The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University using a hand-held Olympus Delta Innov-X XRF gun. Element data presented in table S5. Mean values of the ratios Sr/Ca, Ti/Al, K/Al, Zr/Al and Si/Ti were obtained for three different parts in the section in order to determine regime changes (table S6).
Keyword(s):	Carbonate Content; element ratios; Malta; Miocene; Stable isotopes; Strontium isotope stratigraphy; Tethys
Supplement to:	Zammit, Raymond; Lear, Caroline H; Samankassou, Elias; Lourens, Lucas Joost; Micallef, Aaron; Pearson, Paul N; Bialik, Or M (2022): Early Miocene Intensification of the North African Hydrological Cycle: Multi-Proxy Evidence From the Shelf Carbonates of Malta. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(9), e2022PA004414, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022PA004414
Further details:	Bialik, Or M; Frank, Martin; Betzler, Christian; Zammit, Raymond; Waldmann, Nicolas D (2019): Two-step closure of the Miocene Indian Ocean Gateway to the Mediterranean. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 8842, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45308-7
	McArthur, J M; Howarth, R J (2005): Strontium isotope stratigraphy. In: Gradstein, Felix M.; Ogg, James G.; Smith, Alan G. (eds.), A Geologic Time Scale 2004, Cambridge University Press, 96-105, https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536045.008
Funding:	Horizon 2020 (H2020) (URI: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/), grant/award no. 101003394: RhodoMalta (URI: https://doi.org/10.3030/101003394)
	Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) (URI: http://www.nerc.ac.uk/), grant/award no. NE/P019102/1: SWEET:Super-Warm Early Eocene Temperatures and climate: understanding the response of the Earth to high CO2 through integrated modelling and data
Coverage:	MEDIAN LATITUDE: 39.222604 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: 13.604788 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 35.900000 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 4.992000 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 78.617000 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 14.331400
License:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Size:	6 datasets
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Filename	Citation of child dataset
Zammit-etal_2022_S1.tab	Zammit, Raymond (2022): 87Sr/86Sr values and age determination from the Il-Blata section, Malta Island (S1). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947471
Zammit-etal_2022_S2.tab	Zammit, Raymond (2022): εNd data from the Il-Blata section, Malta Island (S2). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947476
Zammit-etal_2022_S3.tab	Zammit, Raymond (2022): Calcium carbonate from the Il-Blata section, Malta Island (S3). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947492
Zammit-etal_2022_S4.tab	Zammit, Raymond (2022): Bulk δ18O and δ13C values from the Il-Blata section, Malta Island (S4). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947507
Zammit-etal_2022_S5.tab	Zammit, Raymond (2022): XRF-elemental analysis and element ratios from the Il-Blata section, Malta Island (S5). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947535
Zammit-etal_2022_S6.tab	Zammit, Raymond (2022): Mean Aluminium normalized element ratios under three different climatic regimes from the Il-Blata section, Malta Island (S6). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947546
