<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><resource xsi:schemaLocation="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4 http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.3/metadata.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4"><identifier identifierType="DOI">10.1594/PANGAEA.995394</identifier><creators><creator><creatorName>Quan, Xiaowen</creatorName><givenName>Xiaowen</givenName><familyName>Quan</familyName><nameIdentifier schemeURI="http://orcid.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ORCID">0009-0005-7760-8502</nameIdentifier><affiliation affiliationIdentifierScheme="ROR" affiliationIdentifier="https://ror.org/057qpr032">University of Bordeaux, France</affiliation></creator><creator><creatorName>Sanchez Goñi, Maria Fernanda</creatorName><givenName>Maria Fernanda</givenName><familyName>Sanchez Goñi</familyName><nameIdentifier schemeURI="http://orcid.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ORCID">0000-0001-8238-7488</nameIdentifier><affiliation affiliationIdentifierScheme="ROR" affiliationIdentifier="https://ror.org/046b3cj80">École Pratique des Hautes Études</affiliation></creator></creators><titles><title>Raw pollen from IODP Sites 339-U1385 and 339-U1386 covering the Mid-Pleistocene Transition</title></titles><publisher>PANGAEA</publisher><publicationYear>2026</publicationYear><subjects><subject>IODP</subject><subject>mid-Pleistocene transition</subject><subject>North Atlantic Westerlies</subject><subject>pollen data</subject><subject>Southwestern Iberia</subject><subject>Subtropical Eastern North Atlantic</subject><subject>vegetation changes</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Event label</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Latitude of event</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Longitude of event</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Depth, composite</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">AGE</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pollen, exotic, counted</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pollen, exotic, added</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Sample volume</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pinus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cedrus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Abies</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Picea</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Acer</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Alnus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Betula</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Carpinus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Castanea</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Corylus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Fagus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Fraxinus excelsior-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Fraxinus ornus-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Ilex</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Juglans</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Platanus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Populus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pterocarya</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Taxus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Tilia</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Ulmus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Quercus deciduous-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Quercus macrolepis-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Quercus evergreen-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Quercus suber-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Acanthaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Carya</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Caprifoliaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Ostrya carpinifolia</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Liquidambar</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Platycarya</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Carpinus orientalis/Ostrya</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Ligustrum-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Buxus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cistus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Coriaria myrtifolia</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Daphne</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Olea</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Phillyrea</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pistacia</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Rhamnus-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Rhus-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Ulex-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cupressaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Euonymus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Helianthemum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Halimium/Tuberaria</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Hedera helix</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Hippophae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Myrica</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Salix</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Sambucus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Tamarix</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Viburnum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Vitis</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Ericaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Calluna</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Amaranthaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Ephedra distachya-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Ephedra fragilis-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Artemisia</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Neurada procumbens</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Polygalaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Ambrosia-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Anthemis-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Aster-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Centaurea cyanus-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Centaurea nigra-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Centaurea scabiosa-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cirsium-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Echinops</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Serratula-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Taraxacum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Apiaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Brassicaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cannabis/Humulus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Convolvulus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Caryophyllaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Corrigiola litoralis</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Epilobium</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lamiaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Liliaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Asphodelus</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Mercurialis-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Plantago</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Plantago lanceolata-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Plumbaginaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Poaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lygeum spartum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Ranunculaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Rumex</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Sanguisorba minor</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Sanguisorba officinalis</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Saxifragaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Scabiosa</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Arceuthobium</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Boraginaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Bupleurum-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Campanulaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Centaurium</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Crassulaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cereal-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cyperaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Erodium</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Euphorbia</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Fabaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Filipendula</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Galium-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Gentianaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Geranium</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Herniaria-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Jasione-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Knautia-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Linum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Littorella uniflora</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lythrum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Melampyrum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Mentha-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Papaveraceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pedicularis</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Polygonum aviculare-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Primulaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Resedaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Rosaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Scrofulariaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Sedum-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Solanaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Spartium junceum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Spergularia-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Thalictrum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Urtica</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Valerianaceae</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Veronica-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Vicia-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Viscum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Alisma-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lemna</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Menyanthes trifoliata</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Myriophyllum alterniflorum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Myriophyllum verticillatum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Nuphar</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Nymphaea alba-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Polygonum persicaria-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Potamogeton</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Typha/Sparganium</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Isoetes</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Polypodium vulgare-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Monolete psilate</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Monolete ornamented</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Anogramma leptophylla</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Botrychium-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cryptogramma</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Huperzia selago</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lycopodium clavatum-type</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Ophioglossum lusitanicum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Osmunda</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pilularia globulifera</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pteridium</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Selaginella denticulata</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Selaginella selaginoides</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Sphagnum</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Trilete ornamented</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Trilete psilate</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Trilete, reworked</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pollen, broken</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pollen, hidden</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pollen, corroded</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pollen, crumpled</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Unknown pollen</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Concentricystes</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">Composite Core</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">Light microscope, Zeiss, Axio Imager A10 [400X and 1000x magnifications]</subject><subject subjectScheme="Campaign">Exp339</subject><subject subjectScheme="Basis">Joides Resolution</subject></subjects><resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Dataset">Dataset</resourceType><sizes><size>161123 data points</size></sizes><formats><format>text/tab-separated-values</format></formats><rightsList><rights rightsURI="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" schemeURI="https://spdx.org/licenses/" rightsIdentifierScheme="SPDX" rightsIdentifier="CC-BY-4.0">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</rights></rightsList><descriptions><description descriptionType="Abstract">The data are from IODP Sites U1385 and U1386 collected in 2011 in southwestern Iberian margin as part of the Expedition 339 retrived by the Joides Resolution. The primary objective was to document paleoclimatic and paleoceanic changes in the subtropical Eastern North Atlantic over the Quaternary. <br/>We present pollen raw data from the samples analyzed between 79-92 crmcd, and 120-125 crmcd for 339-U1385, 293-392 mcd and 419-449 mcd for 339-U1386. At site 339-U1385, most of the pollen analysis was performed at 4 cm resolution, while for 339-U1386, the resolution is 10-30 cm. 926 samples were analyzed for pollen grains and spores. Sample preparation followed standard palynological protocols using HCl and HF. The final residues were mounted unstained in bidistilled glycerin, a mobile mounting medium that allows rotation of pollen grains and spores. Pollen and spores were identified using a Zeiss Axio Imager A10 light microscope at 400X and 1000x magnifications. In most of the samples, a minimum of 100 pollen grains, excluding Pinus, and 20 pollen morphotypes were counted.</description></descriptions><geoLocations><geoLocation><geoLocationBox><westBoundLongitude>-10.126027</westBoundLongitude><eastBoundLongitude>-7.755</eastBoundLongitude><southBoundLatitude>36.828</southBoundLatitude><northBoundLatitude>37.5714158</northBoundLatitude></geoLocationBox></geoLocation></geoLocations></resource>