We used X-ray fluorescence (XRF) scanning on Site U1338 sediments from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 321 to measure sediment geochemical compositions at 2.5 cm resolution for the 450 m of the Site U1338 spliced sediment column. This spatial resolution is equivalent to ~2 k.y. age sampling in the 0-5 Ma section and ~1 k.y. resolution from 5 to 17 Ma. Here we report the data and describe data acquisition conditions to measure Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, Fe, Mn, and Ba in the solid phase. We also describe a method to convert the data from volume-based raw XRF scan data to a normalized mass measurement ready for calibration by other geochemical methods. Both the raw and normalized data are reported along the Site U1338 splice.

Supplement to: Lyle, Mitchell W; Olivarez Lyle, Annette; Gorgas, T J; Holbourn, Ann E; Westerhold, Thomas; Hathorne, Ed C; Kimoto, Katsunori; Yamamoto, Shinya (2012): Data report: raw and normalized elemental data along the Site U1338 splice from X-ray flourescence scanning. In: Pälike, H; Lyle, M; Nishi, H; Raffi, I; Gamage, K; Klaus, A; and the Expedition 320/321 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 320/321: Tokyo (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.)., 320/321