We present the characteristics of the lithogenic components of seafloor surface sediments covering the entire South Atlantic Ocean (from the equator to Antarctica). These samples were collected by multiple seagoing expeditions between 1988 and 2005. This dataset describes the raw grain-size distributions of the lithogenic fraction of the sediments.

We present the characteristics of the lithogenic components of seafloor surface sediments covering the entire South Atlantic Ocean (from the equator to Antarctica). These samples were collected by multiple seagoing expeditions between 1988 and 2005. This dataset describes the end-member (EM) grain-size distributions that were calculated for the entire dataset of grain-size distributions, and which are used for the calculation of end-member composition of the South Atlantic surface sediments.

We present the characteristics of the lithogenic components of seafloor surface sediments covering the entire South Atlantic Ocean (from the equator to Antarctica). These samples were collected by multiple seagoing expeditions between 1988 and 2005. This dataset describes the End-member composition (as presented in doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.961710) of South Atlantic surface sediments. For each individual sample, the contributions of each EM to the (reconstructed) grain-size distribution were determined.

We present the characteristics of the lithogenic components of seafloor surface sediments covering the entire South Atlantic Ocean (from the equator to Antarctica). These samples were collected by multiple seagoing expeditions between 1988 and 2005. This dataset describes the 230-Thorium-normalized fluxes of 232-Thorium, and the calculated specific fluxes for the four end-members that were obtained for the grain-size distributions (as presented in doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.961711). In addition, we present dust fluxes from model simulations at the same stations as the direct observations.