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doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.320321.203.2012

Data report: raw and normalized elemental data along the Site U1338 splice from X-ray fluorescence scanning1

Mitchell Lyle,2 Annette Olivarez Lyle,2 Thomas Gorgas,3 Ann Holbourn,4 Thomas Westerhold,5 Ed Hathorne,6 Katsunori Kimoto,7 and Shinya Yamamoto8

Abstract

We used X-ray fluorescence (XRF) scanning on Site U1338 sediments from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 321 to measure sediment geochemical compositions at 2.5 cm resolution for the 450 m of the Site U1338 spliced sediment column. This spatial resolution is equivalent to ~2 k.y. age sampling in the 0–5 Ma section and ~1 k.y. resolution from 5 to 17 Ma. Here we report the data and describe data acquisition conditions to measure Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, Fe, Mn, and Ba in the solid phase. We also describe a method to convert the data from volume-based raw XRF scan data to a normalized mass measurement ready for calibration by other geochemical methods. Both the raw and normalized data are reported along the Site U1338 splice.

1 Lyle, M., Olivarez Lyle, A., Gorgas, T., Holbourn, A., Westerhold, T., Hathorne, E., Kimoto, K., and Yamamoto, S., 2012. Data report: raw and normalized elemental data along the Site U1338 splice from X-ray fluorescence scanning. In Pälike, H., Lyle, M., Nishi, H., Raffi, I., Gamage, K., Klaus, A., and the Expedition 320/321 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 320/321: Tokyo (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.).
doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.320321.203.2012

2 Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843, USA. Correspondence author: mlyle@ocean.tamu.edu

3 Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, 1000 Discovery Drive, College Station TX 77845-9547, USA.

4 Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olhausenstrasse 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany.

5 Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany.

6 IFM-GEOMAR, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at University of Kiel, Wischhofstrasse 1-3, D-24148 Kiel, Germany.

7 Institute of Observational Research for Global Change (IORGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-Cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.

8 Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, N19W8, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan.

Initial receipt: 2 September 2011
Acceptance: 1 November 2011
Publication: 29 February 2012
MS 320321-203