Table 11. Element accumulation rates (EAR) calculated for selected major elements in organic-rich sediment core material. Data valid to two significant figures. [ --, no data; core name and location keyed to fig. 2]
Depth, cm	Bulk Density g/cm3	Sedimenta- tion Rate cm/yr;	Sediment Accumulation Rate (SAR) g/cm2/yr	Aluminum				Calcium
				Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr
Core TS1
2.5	0.12	1.31	0.16	19000	2987	29868000	30	52000	8174	8174400	8.2
7.5	0.19	1.01	0.19	38000	7292	72922000	73	27000	5181	5181300	5.2
12.5	0.26	0.84	0.22	6600	1441	14414400	14	31000	6770	6770400	6.8
17.5	0.26	0.78	0.20	56000	11357	113568000	114	24000	4867	4867200	4.9
25.0	0.28	0.75	0.21	63000	13230	132300000	132	37000	7770	7770000	7.8
Core TS7
2.5	0.127	0.1	0.013	4600	60	598000	0.60	200000	2600.0	2600000	2.6
7.5	0.262	0.1	0.026	2700	71	707400	0.71	260000	6812.0	6812000	6.8
12.5	0.314	0.1	0.031	50000	1570	15700000	16	28000	879.2	879200	0.88
17.5	0.115	0.1	0.012	6700	77	770500	0.77	31000	356.5	356500	0.36
25.0	0.104	0.1	0.010	5600	58	582400	0.58	25000	260.0	260000	0.26
35.0	0.109	0.1	0.011	6400	70	697600	0.70	25000	272.5	272500	0.27
45.0	0.118	0.1	0.012	8200	97	967600	0.97	29000	342.2	342200	0.34
55.0	0.131	0.1	0.013	7800	102	1021800	1.0	24000	314.4	314400	0.31
65.0	0.113	0.1	0.011	4700	53	531100	0.53	34000	384.2	384200	0.38
Core TS7E
2.5	0.248	0.145	0.036	2800	101	1006880	1.0	260000	9349.6	9349600	9.3
7.5	0.281	0.145	0.041	2600	106	1059370	1.1	220000	8963.9	8963900	9.0
12.5	0.316	0.145	0.046	2200	101	1008040	1.0	240000	10996.8	10996800	11.0
17.5	0.328	0.145	0.048	6200	295	2948720	2.9	36000	1712.2	1712160	1.7
22.5	0.217	0.145	0.031	6300	198	1982295	2.0	42000	1321.5	1321530	1.3
27.5	0.18	0.145	0.026	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
32.5	0.1	0.145	0.015	5800	84	841000	0.84	38000	551.0	551000	0.55
37.5	0.1	0.145	0.015	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
42.5	0.1	0.145	0.015	7100	103	1029500	1.0	36000	522.0	522000	0.52
50.0	0.1	0.145	0.015	7200	104	1044000	1.0	42000	609.0	609000	0.61
60.0	0.1	0.145	0.015	6400	93	928000	0.93	38000	551.0	551000	0.55
66.5	0.1	0.145	0.015	6000	87	870000	0.87	37000	536.5	536500	0.54

Note: This is a continuation of table above.

Depth, cm	Iron				Potassium				Magnesium
	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr
Core TS1
2.5	13000	2044	20436000	20	900	141	1414800	1.4	1700	267	2672400	2.7
7.5	20000	3838	38380000	38	1100	211	2110900	2.1	2600	499	4989400	5.0
12.5	8000	1747	17472000	17	2200	480	4804800	4.8	800	175	1747200	1.7
17.5	27000	5476	54756000	55	1400	284	2839200	2.8	3700	750	7503600	7.5
25.0	35000	7350	73500000	74	1600	336	3360000	3.4	4000	840	8400000	8.4
Core TS7
2.5	6200	81	806000	0.8	1000	13.0	130000	0.13	1600	20.8	208000	0.21
7.5	5800	152	1519600	1.5	100	2.6	26200	0.03	1900	49.8	497800	0.50
12.5	24000	754	7536000	7.5	1400	44.0	439600	0.44	3200	100	1000000	1.00
17.5	8600	99	989000	1.0	500	5.8	57500	0.06	800	9.2	92000	0.09
25.0	7500	78	780000	0.8	400	4.2	41600	0.04	700	7.3	72800	0.07
35.0	7900	86	861100	0.9	500	5.5	54500	0.05	700	7.6	76300	0.08
45.0	9100	107	1073800	1.1	600	7.1	70800	0.07	900	10.6	106200	0.11
55.0	6800	89	890800	0.9	2600	34.1	340600	0.34	800	10.5	104800	0.10
65.0	4500	51	508500	0.5	400	4.5	45200	0.05	700	7.9	79100	0.08
Core TS7E
2.5	5800	209	2085680	2.1	900	32.4	323640	0.32	1500	53.9	539400	0.54
7.5	4400	179	1792780	1.8	500	20.4	203725	0.20	1200	48.9	488940	0.49
12.5	3800	174	1741160	1.7	100	4.6	45820	0.05	1400	64.1	641480	0.64
17.5	9700	461	4613320	4.6	500	23.8	237800	0.24	700	33.3	332920	0.33
22.5	8100	255	2548665	2.5	400	12.6	125860	0.13	700	22.0	220255	0.22
27.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
32.5	7700	112	1116500	1.1	300	4.4	43500	0.04	700	10.2	101500	0.10
37.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
42.5	7100	103	1029500	1.0	400	5.8	58000	0.06	800	11.6	116000	0.12
50.0	6700	97	971500	1.0	700	10.2	101500	0.10	800	11.6	116000	0.12
60.0	6200	90	899000	0.9	300	4.4	43500	0.04	800	11.6	116000	0.12
66.5	6100	88	884500	0.9	200	2.9	29000	0.03	800	11.6	116000	0.12

Note: This is a continuation of table above.

Depth, cm	Sodium				Phosphorus
	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr
Core TS1
2.5	400	63	628800	0.63	1200	189	1886400	1.89
7.5	300	58	575700	0.58	900	173	1727100	1.73
12.5	1100	240	2402400	2.40	300	66	655200	0.66
17.5	1000	203	2028000	2.03	800	162	1622400	1.62
25.0	300	63	630000	0.63	800	168	1680000	1.68
Core TS7
2.5	800	10.4	104000	0.10	200	2.6	26000	0.03
7.5	400	10.5	104800	0.10	100	2.6	26200	0.03
12.5	600	18.8	188400	0.19	900	28.3	282600	0.28
17.5	500	5.8	57500	0.06	300	3.5	34500	0.03
25.0	500	5.2	52000	0.05	200	2.1	20800	0.02
35.0	400	4.4	43600	0.04	200	2.2	21800	0.02
45.0	200	2.4	23600	0.02	200	2.4	23600	0.02
55.0	1200	15.7	157200	0.16	100	1.3	13100	0.01
65.0	400	4.5	45200	0.05	90	1.0	10170	0.01
Core TS7E
2.5	700	25.2	251720	0.25	300	10.8	107880	0.11
7.5	700	28.5	285215	0.29	300	12.2	122235	0.12
12.5	300	13.7	137460	0.14	200	9.2	91640	0.09
17.5	300	14.3	142680	0.14	400	19.0	190240	0.19
22.5	200	6.3	62930	0.06	400	12.6	125860	0.13
27.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
32.5	200	2.9	29000	0.03	300	4.4	43500	0.04
37.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
42.5	300	4.4	43500	0.04	300	4.4	43500	0.04
50.0	1000	14.5	145000	0.15	400	5.8	58000	0.06
60.0	200	2.9	29000	0.03	200	2.9	29000	0.03
66.5	200	2.9	29000	0.03	300	4.4	43500	0.04

Depth, cm	Bulk Density g/cm3	Sedimenta- tion Rate cm/yr	Sediment Accumulation Rate (SAR) g/cm2/yr	Aluminum				Calcium
				Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr
Core TS9
2.5	0.31	0.14	0.043	2300	100	998200	1.0	250000	10850.0	10850000	11
7.5	0.35	0.14	0.049	3100	152	1519000	1.5	300000	14700.0	14700000	15
12.5	0.36	0.14	0.050	3600	181	1814400	1.8	290000	14616.0	14616000	15
17.5	0.4	0.14	0.056	1800	101	1008000	1.0	300000	16800.0	16800000	17
22.5	0.42	0.14	0.059	3700	218	2175600	2.2	290000	17052.0	17052000	17
27.5	0.45	0.14	0.063	3500	221	2205000	2.2	290000	18270.0	18270000	18
32.5	0.43	0.14	0.060	23000	1385	13846000	14	30000	1806.0	1806000	1.8
37.5	0.42	0.14	0.059	66000	3881	38808000	39	20000	1176.0	1176000	1.2
45.0	0.18	0.14	0.025	52000	1310	13104000	13	20000	504.0	504000	0.50
55.0	0.14	0.14	0.020	76000	1490	14896000	15	23000	450.8	450800	0.45
62.5	0.19	0.14	0.027	89000	2367	23674000	24	23000	611.8	611800	0.61
Core TS15
2.5	0.092	0.08	0.007	3600	26	264960	0.26	22000	161.9	161920	0.16
7.5	0.085	0.08	0.007	4200	29	285600	0.29	21000	142.8	142800	0.14
12.5	0.099	0.08	0.008	2200	17	174240	0.17	28000	221.8	221760	0.22
17.5	0.093	0.08	0.007	2600	19	193440	0.19	26000	193.4	193440	0.19
22.5	0.093	0.08	0.007	2200	16	163680	0.16	29000	215.8	215760	0.22
27.5	0.093	0.08	0.007	3300	25	245520	0.25	24000	178.6	178560	0.18
32.5	0.087	0.08	0.007	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
37.5	0.09	0.08	0.007	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
45.0	0.1	0.08	0.008	9900	79	792000	0.8	23000	184.0	184000	0.18
55.0	0.12	0.08	0.010	17000	163	1632000	1.6	18000	172.8	172800	0.17
61.5	0.128	0.08	0.010	14000	143	1433600	1.4	21000	215.0	215040	0.22

Note: This is a continuation of table above.

Depth, cm	Iron				Potassium				Magnesium
	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr
Core TS9
2.5	4100	178	1779400	1.8	200	8.7	86800	0.09	1900	82.5	824600	0.82
7.5	3000	147	1470000	1.5	900	44.1	441000	0.44	2600	127	1274000	1.27
12.5	3100	156	1562400	1.6	100	5.0	50400	0.05	2900	146	1461600	1.46
17.5	2900	162	1624000	1.6	35	2.0	19600	0.02	3200	179	1792000	1.79
22.5	2900	171	1705200	1.7	300	17.6	176400	0.18	3600	212	2116800	2.12
27.5	3200	202	2016000	2.0	35	2.2	22050	0.02	3700	233	2331000	2.33
32.5	13000	783	7826000	7.8	1500	90.3	903000	0.90	5000	301	3010000	3.01
37.5	21000	1235	12348000	12	2100	123.5	1234800	1.23	6500	382	3822000	3.82
45.0	20000	504	5040000	5.0	1700	42.8	428400	0.43	6500	164	1638000	1.64
55.0	33000	647	6468000	6.5	1900	37.2	372400	0.37	7500	147	1470000	1.47
62.5	35000	931	9310000	9.3	2300	61.2	611800	0.61	7800	207	2074800	2.07
Core TS15
2.5	4200	31	309120	0.31	1200	8.8	88320	0.09	4900	36.1	360640	0.36
7.5	4300	29	292400	0.29	1300	8.8	88400	0.09	5200	35.4	353600	0.35
12.5	2800	22	221760	0.22	500	4.0	39600	0.04	5300	42.0	419760	0.42
17.5	2000	15	148800	0.15	600	4.5	44640	0.04	8000	59.5	595200	0.60
22.5	2100	16	156240	0.16	600	4.5	44640	0.04	8500	63.2	632400	0.63
27.5	3000	22	223200	0.22	800	6.0	59520	0.06	8300	61.8	617520	0.62
32.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
37.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
45.0	7200	58	576000	0.58	1000	8.0	80000	0.08	7200	57.6	576000	0.58
55.0	14000	134	1344000	1.34	1700	16.3	163200	0.16	8100	77.8	777600	0.78
61.5	14000	143	1433600	1.43	1400	14.3	143360	0.14	7600	77.8	778240	0.78

Note: This is a continuation of table above.

Depth, cm	Sodium				Phosphorus
	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr	Concentra- tion ug/g	EAR µg/cm2/yr	EAR µg/m2/yr	EAR g/m2/yr
Core TS9
2.5	1000	43.4	434000	0.43	300	13.0	130200	0.13
7.5	900	44.1	441000	0.44	100	4.9	49000	0.05
12.5	1100	55.4	554400	0.55	90	4.5	45360	0.05
17.5	1000	56.0	560000	0.56	90	5.0	50400	0.05
22.5	1400	82.3	823200	0.82	60	3.5	35280	0.04
27.5	1500	94.5	945000	0.95	60	3.8	37800	0.04
32.5	4000	240.8	2408000	2.41	200	12.0	120400	0.12
37.5	3900	229.3	2293200	2.29	300	17.6	176400	0.18
45.0	5800	146.2	1461600	1.46	200	5.0	50400	0.05
55.0	6000	117.6	1176000	1.18	200	3.9	39200	0.04
62.5	5700	151.6	1516200	1.52	200	5.3	53200	0.05
Core TS15
2.5	12000	88.3	883200	0.88	300	2.2	22080	0.02
7.5	10000	68.0	680000	0.68	300	2.0	20400	0.02
12.5	7400	58.6	586080	0.59	300	2.4	23760	0.02
17.5	11000	81.8	818400	0.82	300	2.2	22320	0.02
22.5	13000	96.7	967200	0.97	200	1.5	14880	0.01
27.5	17000	126.5	1264800	1.26	200	1.5	14880	0.01
32.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
37.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
45.0	16000	128.0	1280000	1.28	200	1.6	16000	0.02
55.0	17000	163.2	1632000	1.63	200	1.9	19200	0.02
61.5	16000	163.8	1638400	1.64	200	2.0	20480	0.02