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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_972433</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Elemental Composition analyzed by XRF of dust samples from ephemeral rivers in Namibia</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>van Kaam, Rianne J M</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Elemental Composition analyzed by XRF of dust samples from ephemeral rivers in Namibia</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2025-07-24</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972433</Online_Resource>
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<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Rianne J M</First_Name>
<Last_Name>van Kaam</Last_Name>
<Email>rvankaam@marum.de</Email>
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<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
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</Parameters>
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<Detailed_Variable>DEPTH, sediment/rock</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Aluminium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Arsenic</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Barium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Bromine</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calcium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chlorine</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chromium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Copper</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Iron</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Potassium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Magnesium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Manganese</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sodium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nickel</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Oxygen</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Phosphorus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Palladium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rubidium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rhodium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sulfur</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Silicon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Strontium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Titanium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Vanadium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Zinc</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Zirconium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>1-Kuiseb</Keyword>
<Keyword>2-Kuiseb</Keyword>
<Keyword>3-Omaruru</Keyword>
<Keyword>Adsorption</Keyword>
<Keyword>dissolved organic carbon (DOC)</Keyword>
<Keyword>Dust sample</Keyword>
<Keyword>Ephemeral river</Keyword>
<Keyword>Mineral dust</Keyword>
<Keyword>Namibia</Keyword>
<Keyword>Sorption experiments</Keyword>
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<Long_Name>Energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometer (ED-XRF), Epsilon 3XL, PANalytical</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2023-04-22</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2023-04-23</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>-23.5629</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>-21.899</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>14.5084</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>15.0394</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>0.0 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>0.0 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)</Maximum_Depth>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Project>
<Short_Name>MARUM</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Center for Marine Environmental Sciences</Long_Name>
</Project>
<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
<Data_Center>
<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
</Data_Center_Name>
<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
<Personnel>
<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
</Contact_Address>
</Personnel>
</Data_Center>
<Distribution>
<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>78 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
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<Reference>van Kaam, Rianne J M; Kölling, Martin; Elvert, Marcus; Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe; Zabel, Matthias (2025): Dust deposition directly affects the concentration of dissolved organic carbon in the ocean. Marine Chemistry, 271, 104531, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2025.104531</Reference>
<Summary>For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972433"!</Summary>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2025.104531</URL>
<Description>Dust deposition directly affects the concentration of dissolved organic carbon in the ocean</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://www.marum.de/en/</URL>
<Description>MARUM</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Parent_DIF>PANGAEA_972507</Parent_DIF>
<Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2025-07-24</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-04-30</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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