Dataset of the paper entitled “Delayed sedimentary response of the Huanghe alluvial plain to climate change inferred from source variations of the Xiashu loess since ~1 Ma” by Jiang et al.

Major element, trace element and Nd isotopic compositions of the silt fraction (Xiashu loess samples and their locations, and immobile elemental ratios of samples providing signatures of the potential sources including the Huai River and the Huanghe for qualitative and quantitative source discrimination (Dataset S2).