Résumé
Semiquantitative elemental results from X-ray fluorescence (XRF) scanning of sediment cores collected from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site U1427 in the Yamato Basin off the west coast of Japan are presented. XRF elemental data were collected every 1 cm from core sections located on the stratigraphically continuous Site U1427 spliced composite record over the depth interval from 13.32 to 116.71 m core composite depth below seafloor, Method D (CCSF-D). We report raw element intensities (counts) at subcentennial resolution for Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, Fe, Br, Sr, and Zr and identify covariation patterns consistent with lithofacies variations that have been previously correlated with glacial-interglacial changes in sea level, sedimentation, and water-column productivity. Our high-resolution XRF scanning of Site U1427 sediments was conducted to aid in interpretation of sedimentation and facilitate more detailed paleoceanographic studies at this location.