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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ESSDD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Earth System Science Data Discussions</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ESSDD</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/essd-2026-610</article-id>
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<article-title>Deep-time Sediment Sulfur Isotopes (DSSI): a database of sedimentary sulfur isotopic records through Earth history</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Guo</surname>
<given-names>Wenyi</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Song</surname>
<given-names>Huyue</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Du</surname>
<given-names>Yong</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1298-0037</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Algeo</surname>
<given-names>Thomas J.</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Jing</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Hui</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Xue</surname>
<given-names>Junjie</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Peng</surname>
<given-names>Jianwei</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ke</surname>
<given-names>Xiangpeng</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Song</surname>
<given-names>Haijun</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2721-3626</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chu</surname>
<given-names>Daoliang</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tian</surname>
<given-names>Li</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
</contrib-group><aff id="aff1">
<label>1</label>
<addr-line>State Key Laboratory of Geomicrobiology and Environmental Changes, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>YU-CUGW Joint Research Center on Deep Earth and Surface Dynamic Coupling, College of Resources and Environment, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, PR China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Department of Geosciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, USA</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>22</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2026</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>32</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Wenyi Guo et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access">
<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<abstract>
<p>Sedimentary sulfur isotopic records constrain reconstructions of seawater sulfate evolution, pyrite burial, microbial sulfur metabolisms, ocean redox, anoxia, and Earth-system feedbacks. These reconstructions require isotopic values to remain linked to sulfur phase, age, locality, and source context. Here, we present the Deep-time Sediment Sulfur Isotopes database (DSSI), a compilation of marine sedimentary sulfur isotopic records in which each isotopic value remains linked to its sulfur phase and associated geological context, spanning 4,061&amp;ndash;0 Ma. The released v1.0 datasheet (Guo et al., 2026; &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21675881&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21675881&lt;/a&gt;) contains 78,070 rows and 136 public fields; 64,990 rows contain at least one numeric sulfur isotopic value. Sulfur isotopic values are stored in unified isotopic fields and linked to a hierarchical phase classification comprising sulfur category, sulfur component, and sulfur carrier. The release also preserves stratigraphic age, modern and reconstructed paleogeographic coordinates, lithology, depositional setting, analytical method, and auxiliary geochemical information, where available. This structure supports source-traceable spatial and temporal synthesis that distinguishes sulfur phases without separating isotopic values from the geological metadata needed to interpret them.</p>
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<funding-source>National Key Research and Development Program of China</funding-source>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
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<funding-source>China Postdoctoral Science Foundation</funding-source>
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