10.1594/PANGAEA.987998Ehrmann, WernerWernerEhrmannUniversität LeipzigSchmiedl, GerhardGerhardSchmiedl0000-0002-2177-6858Universität HamburgArz, Helge WolfgangHelge WolfgangArz0000-0002-1997-1718Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, WarnemündePANGAEA2025Red SeaSediment coreXRF geochemistryDEPTH, sediment/rockCalciumSiliconPotassiumTitaniumAluminiumRubidiumZirconiumPiston corer Meischner largeX-ray fluorescence scanner (XRF), COX, ITRAX [Cr X-ray tube at 30 kV and 55 mA]SO121Sonne1997-08-01T00:00:00Dataset28553 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalWe 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.41.57833333333315.915666666667Red SeaGerman Research Foundationhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659Eh 89/23-1Red Sea deep-water ventilation and climate variability during the past 200,000 yearsGerman Research Foundationhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659Schm 1180/26-1Red Sea deep-water ventilation and climate variability during the past 200,000 years