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Table 2:

Calculated column densities for atoms and ions identified in metal-rich absorbers (for references, see Table 1).
Redshift, H  I C  II N  II O  I Mg  II Si  II
$z_{\rm abs}~$   C  III N  III O  VI Fe  II Si  III
    C  IV N  V   Al  III Si  IV


HE1347-2457 ( $z_{\rm em}~$= 2.578)
2.5745$^\ast$ ( $9.5 \pm 0.3$)E14 ( $1.6 \pm 0.2$)E13 - - ( $1.3 \pm 0.2$)E12 ( $1.4 \pm 0.2$)E12
    ( $1.9 \pm 0.3$)E14 ( $1.8 \pm 0.2$)E13 - - ( $4.7 \pm 0.4$)E12
    ( $3.2 \pm 0.1$)E13 <5.0E11   ( $3.6 \pm 0.5$)E11 ( $3.7 \pm 0.3$)E13
1.7529$\ast$ (1.0-1.5)E16 ( $1.5 \pm 0.1$)E14 - - ( $6.8 \pm 0.2$)E12 ( $9.2 \pm 1.0$)E12
    - - - <3.5E11 ( $5.5 \pm 0.5$)E13
    ( $3.2\pm 0.5$)E14 <1.0E13   ( $1.7 \pm 0.2$)E12 ( $4.5 \pm 0.5$)E13
1.5080$^\ast$ (1.0-1.5)E16 - - - ( $1.1 \pm 0.1$)E13 ( $1.5 \pm 0.1$)E13
    - - - ( $2.1 \pm 0.2$)E12 -
    ( $1.7 \pm 0.2$)E14 <7.0E12   ( $2.2 \pm 0.2$)E12 ( $5.4 \pm 0.5$)E13

HE0151-4326 ( $z_{\rm em}~$= 2.775)
2.4158$^\diamond$            
A ( $2.2 \pm 0.1$)E13 <5.0E11 - - - -
    ( $1.5 \pm 0.2$)E13 <1.1E13 - - <8.5E10
    ( $1.2 \pm 0.1$)E13 <1.5E12   - <2.5E11
B ( $7.5 \pm 0.5$)E15 <1.0E12 <4.0E12 - - -
    ( $6.5 \pm 1.0$)E12 $\leq$7.0E12 - - <2.8E11
    <1.0E12 -   - <2.5E11
C ( $1.0 \pm 0.2$)E13 - - - - -
    ( $6.5 \pm 0.5$)E12 $^\ddagger$(5 - 6)E12 <4.5E12 - -
    ( $7.0\pm 0.5$)E12 -   - <2.5E11
1.7315 (0.9 - 1.2)E16 ( $1.0 \pm 0.1$)E14 - - ( $9.0 \pm 1.0$)E12 ( $1.0 \pm 0.1$)E13
    - - - ( $3.4 \pm 0.3$)E11 ( $3.6 \pm 0.5$)E13
    ( $3.2\pm 0.5$)E14 <1.5E13   ( $1.3 \pm 0.2$)E12 ( $3.8 \pm 0.5$)E13

HE0001-2340 ( $z_{\rm em}~$= 2.26)
1.6514 (3.5-4.5)E15 $^\ddagger$3.7E13 - <1.0E12 ( $4.1 \pm 0.4$)E12 ( $1.8 \pm 0.2$)E12
    - - - ( $2.0 \pm 0.2$)E11 ( $2.5 \pm 0.4$)E12
    ( $4.7 \pm 0.2$)E13 -   <1.3E11 ( $2.2 \pm 0.2$)E12
1.5770 (0.9-1.0)E14 ( $7.6 \pm 0.7$)E12 - - <3.0E11 -
    - - - - (5.4$\pm$1.2)E11
    ( $5.2 \pm 0.5$)E13 $^\ddagger$(0.8-1.1)E13   <1.3E11 ( $1.0 \pm 0.2$)E12

HE0141-3932 ( $z_{\rm em}~$= 1.80)
1.7817 (2.5-3.0)E15 ( $1.64 \pm 0.08$)E13 - - ( $1.2 \pm 0.2$)E12 ( $2.8 \pm 0.3$)E12
    - - - ( $1.4 \pm 0.4$)E11 -
    ( $2.2 \pm 0.2$)E13 <1.4E12   ( $3.6 \pm 1.0$)E11 ( $4.5 \pm 0.4$)E12

HE2347-4342 ( $z_{\rm em}~$= 2.88)
2.8980$^\ast$ (1.1-2.3)E13 <3.0E11 - - - -
    (5-9)E12 - ( $2.8 \pm 0.2$)E14 - -
    ( $1.2 \pm 0.1$)E14 ( $2.6 \pm 0.2$)E13   - -
1.7963 (0.9-1.2)E16 $^\dagger$5.9E13 - ( $1.0 \pm 0.2$)E13 (0.9-1.6)E13 ( $1.4 \pm 0.1$)E13
    - - - ( $9.4 \pm 0.5$)E11 ( $4.9 \pm 1.0$)E12
    ( $1.2 \pm 0.1$)E13 -   ( $7.4 \pm 0.7$)E11 ( $2.9 \pm 0.3$)E12

Q0329-385 ( $z_{\rm em}~$= 2.435)
2.3520 (0.7-1.3)E13 <5.0E11 - - - -
    $^\dagger$3.6E12 $^\dagger$2.9E12 (1.2$\pm$0.1)E14 - -
    ( $3.2 \pm 0.1$)E13 ( $4.0 \pm 0.2$)E13   - -

$^\ast$ Incomplete covering of the background light source; $^\diamond$A: -40<v<30 km s-1, B: 130 < v < 330 km s-1, C: 300 < v < 370 km s-1, see Fig. 8; $^\ddagger$ deconvolved from Ly$-\alpha$ forest absorption; $^\dagger$ calculated with the recovered velocity and density distributions.


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