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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_983405</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Mg isotopic composition of cold-water bamboo corals from the South China Sea</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Zeng, Zhiwei; Dang, Haowen; Zhang, Hongrui; Bao, Zhian; Yu, Xun; Li, Chen; Bu, Mingyuan; Zhang, Peng; Zhou, Xiaoli; Jian, Zhimin</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Mg isotopic composition of cold-water bamboo corals from the South China Sea</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2025-12-31</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.983405</Online_Resource>
</Data_Set_Citation>
<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Zhiwei</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Zeng</Last_Name>
<Email>zwzeng@tongji.edu.cn</Email>
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<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
</Discipline>
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<Detailed_Variable>Event label</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Latitude of event</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Longitude of event</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Date/Time of event</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sample code/label</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Distance</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Structure</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ26Mg</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ26Mg, standard deviation</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ25Mg</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ25Mg, standard deviation</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Magnesium/Calcium ratio</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Boron/Calcium ratio</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Strontium/Calcium ratio</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Barium/Calcium ratio</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>cold-water octocoral</Keyword>
<Keyword>Human Occupied Vehicle</Keyword>
<Keyword>Mg/Ca</Keyword>
<Keyword>Mg isotopes</Keyword>
<Keyword>ST03</Keyword>
<Keyword>SY067-7</Keyword>
<Keyword>SY185-2</Keyword>
<Keyword>SY268-10</Keyword>
<Keyword>TS12-02</Keyword>
<Keyword>TS2-1-3</Keyword>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Multiple collector inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometer</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Source_Name>
<Long_Name>Tansuo-2</Long_Name>
</Source_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2018-05-13</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2020-08-25</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>16.55</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>17.64</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>110.71</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>117.12</Easternmost_Longitude>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Access_Constraints>access rights needed</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)</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>121 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
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<Summary>The data in this sheet present magnesium isotopic composition obtained from micro-drilled powder samples of cold-water corals analyzed by multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) and corresponding elemental compositions by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma  (LA-ICP-MS). Micro-drilling was performed across distinct growth stages in three specimens to investigate how Mg isotopic variations reflect magnesium incorporation mechanisms in different growth structures. Sampling position represents each measurement point's distance relative to the growth central axis. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.983405"!</Summary>
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<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2025-12-31</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-04-30</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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