Citation:

PANGAEA.987998

Name: XRF geochemistry of sediment core SO121_KL42, southern Red Sea
Published: 2025-12-15
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Red Sea; Sediment core; XRF geochemistry

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Published: 2025-12-15 • DOI registered: 2026-01-13

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Abstract:

We present high-resolution XRF geochemical data from the upper 8.30 m of marine sediment core KL42, southern Red Sea. The core was recovered at 15°54.9' N and 41°34.7' E from a water depth of 958 m during RV Sonne cruise SO121 in 1997. The data were collected with an ITRAX (Cox Analytical Systems) X-ray fluorescence (XRF) core scanner. The scanner was equipped with a Cr-tube running with a tube voltage of 30 kV and a tube current of 55 mA. The exposure time was 5 ms per measurement and the scanning interval was 0.2 cm.

Keyword(s):

Red Sea; Sediment core; XRF geochemistry

Funding:

German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. Eh 89/23-1: Red Sea deep-water ventilation and climate variability during the past 200,000 years

German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. Schm 1180/26-1: Red Sea deep-water ventilation and climate variability during the past 200,000 years

Coverage:

Latitude: 15.915667 * Longitude: 41.578333

Date/Time Start: 1997-08-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-08-01T00:00:00

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.002 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 8.298 m

Event(s):

SO121_KL42 (99) * Latitude: 15.915667 * Longitude: 41.578333 * Date/Time: 1997-08-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: -958.0 m * Recovery: 16.3 m * Location: Red Sea * Campaign: (ROTES MEER) * Basis: * Method/Device: Piston corer Meischner large (KL_Mg)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Ehrmann, Werner		Geocode
2	Calcium	Ca	cps	Ehrmann, Werner	X-ray fluorescence scanner (XRF), COX, ITRAX [Cr X-ray tube at 30 kV and 55 mA]
3	Silicon	Si	cps	Ehrmann, Werner	X-ray fluorescence scanner (XRF), COX, ITRAX [Cr X-ray tube at 30 kV and 55 mA]
4	Potassium	K	cps	Ehrmann, Werner	X-ray fluorescence scanner (XRF), COX, ITRAX [Cr X-ray tube at 30 kV and 55 mA]
5	Titanium	Ti	cps	Ehrmann, Werner	X-ray fluorescence scanner (XRF), COX, ITRAX [Cr X-ray tube at 30 kV and 55 mA]
6	Aluminium	Al	cps	Ehrmann, Werner	X-ray fluorescence scanner (XRF), COX, ITRAX [Cr X-ray tube at 30 kV and 55 mA]
7	Rubidium	Rb	cps	Ehrmann, Werner	X-ray fluorescence scanner (XRF), COX, ITRAX [Cr X-ray tube at 30 kV and 55 mA]
8	Zirconium	Zr	cps	Ehrmann, Werner	X-ray fluorescence scanner (XRF), COX, ITRAX [Cr X-ray tube at 30 kV and 55 mA]

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

28553 data points

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