Date set name:	V1-81-G15
Latitude:	33_ 20.80'
Longitude:	120_ 25.77'
Water Depth:	1430 m
Contributor:	Walter E. Dean
Funding source:	U. S. Geological Survey	

References:  
Dean, W. E., and Gardner, J. V., Pleistocene to Holocene contrasts in organic matter production and preservation on the California continental margin
Dean, W. E., Gardner, J. V., and Piper, D. Z., Inorganic geochemical indicators of glacial-interglacial changes in productivity and anoxia on the California continental margin
Gardner, J. V., Dean, W.E., and Dartnell, P., 1997, Biogenic sedimentation beneath the California Current system for the past 30 kyr and its paleoceanographic significance:  Paleoceanography, v. 12, p. 207-225.

Abbreviations: 	R-E, Rock-Eval pyrolysis;  HC, hydrocarbons; ICP, inductively coupled. argon-plasma, emission spectrometry; XRF, X-ray fluorescence

Variable Names (V1-81-G15.R-E&13C file):
	Depth	depth in core in cm
	Age	corrected and calibrated radiocarbon age
	% Corg	percent organic carbon by R-E
	H-index	hydrogen index in mg HC/g Corg 
	O-index	oxygen index in mg CO2/g Corg 
	d 13Corg	d13Corg reported in the per mil (‰) d notation relative to the 
	Peedee belemnite (PDB) marine carbonate standard

Variable Names (V1-81-G15 geochem file):
	Depth	depth in core in cm
	Age	corrected and calibrated radiocarbon age
	% Cl	percent chlorine by specific ion electrode
	% Mg-sw	percent magnesium from interstitial sea salt (=% Cl x 0.067, the ratio
	Mg/Cl in normal sea water)
	% Na-sw	percent sodium from interstitial sea salt (=% Cl x 0.556, the ratio
	Na/Cl in normal sea water)
	% S-sw	percent sulfur from interstitial sea salt (=% Cl x 0.0465, the ratio
	S/Cl in normal sea water)
	% Al-s	percent aluminum by ICP
	% Ca-s	percent calcium by ICP
	% Fe-s	percent iron by ICP
	% K-s	percent potassium by ICP	
	% Mg-s	percent magnesium by ICP
	% Na-s	percent sodium by ICP
	% P-s	percent phosphorus by ICP
	% Ti-s	percent titanium by ICP
	% Mn-s	percent manganese by ICP
	% Si-x	percent silicon by XRF
	% Al-x	percent aluminum by XRF
	% Fe-x	percent iron by XRF
	% Mg-x	percent magnesium by XRF
	% Mg-swc	percent magnesium, sea-water corrected (= % Mg-x minus % Mg-sw)
	% Ca-x	percent calcium by XRF
	% Na-x	percent sodium by XRF
	% Na-swc	percent sodium, sea-water corrected (= % Na-x minus % Na-sw)
	% K-x	percent potassium by XRF
	% Ti-x	percent titanium by XRF
	% P-x	percent phosphorus by XRF
	% S	percent sulfur
	%S-swc	percent magnesium, sea-water corrected (= % S minus % S-sw)
	ppm Ba	parts per million barium by ICP
	ppm Co	parts per million cobalt by ICP
	ppm Cr	parts per million cromium by ICP
	ppm Cu	parts per million copper by ICP
	ppm Ga	parts per million gallium by ICP
	ppm La	parts per million lanthanum by ICP
	ppm Li	parts per million lithium by ICP
	ppm Mo	parts per million molybdenum by ICP
	ppm Ni	parts per million nickel by ICP
	ppm Pb	parts per million lead by ICP
	ppm Sc	parts per million scandium by ICP
	ppm Sr	parts per million strontium by ICP
	ppm V	parts per million vanadium by ICP
	ppm Y	parts per million yttrium by ICP
	ppm Zn	parts per million zinc by ICP

Contact:  Walter E. Dean, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 980 Federal Center, Denver, CO  80225, phone: 303-236-5760; fax: 303-236-5349;  email:  dean@usgs.gov