Table 2 Sediment mass accumulation rates in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

From: A drop in Sahara dust fluxes records the northern limits of the African Humid Period

Core	Depth (cm)	Age (ka)	Water depth (m)	²³²Th (dpm g⁻¹)	1σ	²³⁰Th (dpm g⁻¹)	1σ	²³⁸U (dpm g⁻¹)	1σ	Bulk flux (g cm⁻² ka⁻¹)	1σ	Terrigenous flux (g cm⁻² ka⁻¹)	1σ
KL15	0	0.9	1628	0.947	0.002	2.243	0.011	2.422	0.004	2.60	0.08	0.77	0.03
KL15	10	2.3	1628	0.981	0.001	2.179	0.009	1.553	0.003	2.71	0.07	0.84	0.03
KL15	16	3.2	1624	0.802	0.002	2.413	0.013	3.570	0.005	2.29	0.09	0.58	0.03
KL15	32	5.6	1632	0.960	0.002	2.239	0.009	3.183	0.004	2.70	0.08	0.82	0.03
KL15	41	6.9	1625	0.545	0.001	2.445	0.010	6.413	0.003	2.34	0.07	0.40	0.02
KL15	51	8.3	1615	0.699	0.001	2.458	0.011	4.712	0.003	2.32	0.07	0.51	0.02
KL15	61	9.8	1604	0.644	0.002	1.734	0.011	3.188	0.005	3.54	0.09	0.72	0.02
KL15	71	11.3	1604	0.685	0.001	2.072	0.008	4.149	0.002	2.99	0.06	0.64	0.02
KL15	103	19.4	1544	1.001	0.001	2.804	0.010	2.727	0.003	1.86	0.07	0.59	0.03
KL11	25	3.7	821	0.721	0.001	1.018	0.005	0.870	0.002	3.71	0.059	0.84	0.02
KL11	27	3.9	814	0.450	0.000	0.748	0.008	0.814	0.001	4.57	0.038	0.65	0.01
KL11	31	4.2	822	0.584	0.001	0.974	0.007	1.065	0.005	3.54	0.082	0.65	0.02
KL11	38	4.9	815	0.431	0.001	0.859	0.005	1.398	0.003	3.78	0.063	0.51	0.01
KL11	51	6.1	799	0.366	0.001	0.843	0.005	1.243	0.003	3.55	0.066	0.41	0.01
KL11	60	7.1	771	0.334	0.001	0.855	0.004	1.433	0.002	3.34	0.056	0.35	0.01
KL11	71	8.3	798	0.468	0.001	1.030	0.004	2.233	0.002	3.26	0.056	0.48	0.01
KL11	80	10.2	748	0.875	0.001	1.659	0.008	3.849	0.004	2.17	0.082	0.60	0.03
KL11	90	14.0	750	0.888	0.001	1.865	0.009	5.819	0.003	2.53	0.077	0.71	0.03
KL11	98	14.5	749	0.391	0.001	0.809	0.005	2.376	0.003	5.69	0.077	0.70	0.01
KL11	106.5	15.0	749	0.515	0.001	0.837	0.003	1.931	0.002	5.46	0.054	0.89	0.01
KL11	117	16.9	748	0.307	0.001	0.645	0.002	1.677	0.002	6.95	0.055	0.67	0.01
KL11	118.5	17.5	748	0.850	0.002	1.148	0.007	1.103	0.004	3.09	0.087	0.83	0.03
KL11	131.5	19	747	0.709	0.001	1.211	0.005	1.100	0.003	2.47	0.072	0.55	0.02
KL23	5	1.5	703	0.320	0.001	0.710	0.024	0.803	0.002	3.63	0.054	0.37	0.01
KL23	10	2.7	702	0.410	0.002	0.790	0.005	0.703	0.004	3.43	0.080	0.44	0.01
KL23	15	3.0	700	0.411	0.001	0.683	0.004	0.697	0.002	4.28	0.064	0.55	0.01
KL23	20	4.8	695	0.475	0.001	0.861	0.005	0.796	0.002	3.20	0.062	0.48	0.01
KL23	25	7.0	703	0.504	0.001	0.983	0.004	1.268	0.002	2.84	0.058	0.45	0.01
KL23	30	9.9	675	0.382	0.002	0.858	0.006	1.434	0.003	3.14	0.080	0.38	0.01
KL23	35	12.0	638	0.529	0.001	1.108	0.009	1.956	0.003	2.46	0.073	0.41	0.02
KL23	40	13.3	629	0.787	0.001	1.606	0.007	2.572	0.002	1.67	0.063	0.41	0.02
KL23	45	13.4	629	0.993	0.001	1.990	0.008	3.658	0.003	1.43	0.072	0.45	0.03
KL23	50	13.5	629	1.137	0.001	2.377	0.009	4.528	0.003	1.19	0.072	0.43	0.03
KL23	55	13.6	629	1.060	0.002	2.905	0.013	6.935	0.003	0.97	0.080	0.32	0.03
KL23	60	14.0	626	1.062	0.002	2.806	0.013	5.768	0.004	0.95	0.082	0.32	0.04
KL23	65	14.1	626	0.846	0.001	1.885	0.009	2.982	0.002	1.36	0.071	0.36	0.02
KL23	70	16.0	626	1.034	0.001	2.039	0.008	2.722	0.002	1.28	0.072	0.42	0.03
KL23	75	16.1	626	1.046	0.001	2.115	0.010	3.028	0.003	1.25	0.077	0.41	0.03
KL23	80	16.6	626	1.098	0.004	1.992	0.018	2.798	0.004	1.39	0.105	0.48	0.05
KL23	88	17.4	626	1.003	0.003	2.053	0.017	3.909	0.004	1.48	0.098	0.47	0.04
KL23	94	18.3	615	0.541	0.002	1.263	0.009	2.774	0.003	2.48	0.081	0.42	0.02
KL23	98	19.3	615	0.834	0.001	2.008	0.008	3.888	0.001	1.44	0.062	0.38	0.02

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Table 2 Sediment mass accumulation rates in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

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