10.1594/PANGAEA.972433van Kaam, Rianne J MRianne J Mvan Kaam0000-0002-9410-8447Elemental Composition analyzed by XRF of dust samples from ephemeral rivers in NamibiaPANGAEA2025Adsorptiondissolved organic carbon (DOC)Ephemeral riverMineral dustNamibiaSorption experimentsEvent labelDEPTH, sediment/rockAluminiumArsenicBariumBromineCalciumChlorineChromiumCopperIronPotassiumMagnesiumManganeseSodiumNickelOxygenPhosphorusPalladiumRubidiumRhodiumSulfurSiliconStrontiumTitaniumVanadiumZincZirconiumDust sampleEnergy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometer (ED-XRF), Epsilon 3XL, PANalyticalCenter for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM)2023-04-22T00:00:00/2023-04-23T00:00:00Dataset10.1594/PANGAEA.97250710.1016/j.marchem.2025.10453178 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International14.508415.0394-23.5629-21.899Kuiseb, Gobabeb, NamibiaKuiseb, Rooibank, NamibiaOmaruru, NamibiaGerman Research Foundationhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659390741603EXC 2077: The Ocean Floor – Earth's Uncharted Interface