data for submission to LO-Letters by Wu et al.

In this dataset, XRF-core scanning data for cores H5-21 and H5-22are provided in Sheet1 and Sheet2, respectively. Lithological, radionuclide, organic geochemical and trace elemental data for cores H5-21 and H5-22 are provided in Sheet3 and Sheet4, respectively. Data statistical results for the identified storm deposition layers from cores H5-21 and H5-22 are summarized in Sheet5.