READ ME File For 'New Pb, Nd and Sr radiogenic isotope data of samples from Mojave desert playa lakes, California borderland basins, Californian Channel Islands and the North American Loess.' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1561 ReadMe Author: Gabriella Erin Jardine, University of Southampton ORCID ID 0000-0001-5778-6487 This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'Quaternary climate variability of North America from marine archives' AWARDED BY: University of Southampton DATE OF AWARD: 2020 DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA Radiogenic Pb, Nd and Sr data from potential sources and sinks of North American aeolian material. This dataset contains: Sample Code; 87Sr/86Sr; SE*10^-6; 143Nd/144Nd; SE; e-Nd; internal error 2s; 206Pb/204Pb; SE*10^-4; 207Pb/204Pb; SE*10^-4; 208Pb/204Pb; SE*10^-4; Date of data collection: 2015-2018 Information about geographic location of data collection: National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Licence: CC-At Related projects/Funders: Mayflower Scholarship Related publication: Jardine et al. (sub), 'Strong imprint of Mojave Desert dust on surficial sediments of the Southern Californian Channel Islands and Borderland basin system'. Submitted to Quaternary Science Reviews for review October 2020. Jardine et al. (in prep), 'Climate controlled aridity in the mid-continent of North America: evidence for North American dust sources during the Plio-Pleistocene'. Date that the file was created: October, 2020