Citation:

PANGAEA.921893

Name: Table 3: Summary of sampling locations, date, trace element and rare earth element concentrations of suspended sediment samples collected from the headwaters and upstream section of the Ganga basin
Published: 2020-08-21
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: dissolved data; Ganga River; Geochemistry; Rare earth elements; sediment samples; trace elements

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Published: 2020-08-21 • DOI registered: 2020-10-06

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Keyword(s):

dissolved data; Ganga River; Geochemistry; Rare earth elements; sediment samples; trace elements

Related to:

Boral, Soumita; Sen, Indra Sekhar; Tripathi, Aditya; Sharma, Bhupendra; Dhar, Sanjukta (2020): Tracking dissolved trace and heavy metals in the Ganga River from source to sink: A baseline to judge future changes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21(10), e2020GC009203, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009203

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 30.325556 * Median Longitude: 78.779259 * South-bound Latitude: 30.100000 * West-bound Longitude: 78.300000 * North-bound Latitude: 31.000000 * East-bound Longitude: 79.600000

Date/Time Start: 2014-05-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-08-17T00:00:00

Minimum Elevation: 338.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 3053.0 m

Event(s):

Ganga_sediment_338 * Latitude: 30.100000 * Longitude: 78.300000 * Date/Time Start: 2014-05-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2014-12-09T00:00:00 * Elevation: 338.0 m * Location: Ganga, India, Asia * Method/Device: Sediment sample (SES)

Ganga_sediment_406 * Latitude: 30.100000 * Longitude: 78.500000 * Date/Time Start: 2014-09-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-08-17T00:00:00 * Elevation: 406.0 m * Location: Ganga, India, Asia * Method/Device: Sediment sample (SES)

Ganga_sediment_463 * Latitude: 30.200000 * Longitude: 78.600000 * Date/Time Start: 2014-05-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-08-17T00:00:00 * Elevation: 463.0 m * Location: Ganga, India, Asia * Method/Device: Sediment sample (SES)

Comment:

Abbreviations: Headwater (H/W), upstream (U/S)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Boral, Soumita
2	Sample ID	Sample ID		Boral, Soumita
3	Location	Location		Boral, Soumita
4	River	River		Boral, Soumita
5	LATITUDE	Latitude		Boral, Soumita	Geocode
6	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Boral, Soumita	Geocode
7	ELEVATION	Elevation	m a.s.l.	Boral, Soumita	Geocode
8	Site	Site		Boral, Soumita
9	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Boral, Soumita	Geocode
10	DEPTH, water	Depth water	m	Boral, Soumita	Geocode
11	Lithium	Li	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
12	Beryllium	Be	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
13	Vanadium	V	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
14	Chromium	Cr	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
15	Manganese	Mn	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
16	Cobalt	Co	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
17	Nickel	Ni	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
18	Copper	Cu	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
19	Zinc	Zn	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
20	Gallium	Ga	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
21	Arsenic	As	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
22	Selenium	Se	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
23	Rubidium	Rb	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
24	Strontium	Sr	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
25	Cadmium	Cd	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
26	Caesium	Cs	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
27	Lead	Pb	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
28	Germanium	Ge	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
29	Niobium	Nb	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
30	Molybdenum	Mo	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
31	Antimony	Sb	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
32	Tantalum	Ta	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
33	Scandium	Sc	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
34	Yttrium	Y	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
35	Lanthanum	La	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
36	Cerium	Ce	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
37	Praseodymium	Pr	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
38	Neodymium	Nd	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
39	Samarium	Sm	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
40	Gadolinium	Gd	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
41	Terbium	Tb	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
42	Dysprosium	Dy	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
43	Holmium	Ho	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
44	Erbium	Er	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
45	Thulium	Tm	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
46	Ytterbium	Yb	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita
47	Lutetium	Lu	mg/kg	Boral, Soumita

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Size:

1107 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 Sample ID	3 Location	4 River	5 Latitude	6 Longitude	7 Elevation [m a.s.l.]	8 Site	9 Date/Time	11 Li [mg/kg]	12 Be [mg/kg]	13 V [mg/kg]	14 Cr [mg/kg]	15 Mn [mg/kg]	16 Co [mg/kg]	17 Ni [mg/kg]	18 Cu [mg/kg]	19 Zn [mg/kg]	20 Ga [mg/kg]	21 As [mg/kg]	22 Se [mg/kg]	23 Rb [mg/kg]	24 Sr [mg/kg]	25 Cd [mg/kg]	26 Cs [mg/kg]	27 Pb [mg/kg]	28 Ge [mg/kg]	29 Nb [mg/kg]	30 Mo [mg/kg]	31 Sb [mg/kg]	32 Ta [mg/kg]	33 Sc [mg/kg]	34 Y [mg/kg]	35 La [mg/kg]	36 Ce [mg/kg]	37 Pr [mg/kg]	38 Nd [mg/kg]	39 Sm [mg/kg]	40 Gd [mg/kg]	41 Tb [mg/kg]	42 Dy [mg/kg]	43 Ho [mg/kg]	44 Er [mg/kg]	45 Tm [mg/kg]	46 Yb [mg/kg]	47 Lu [mg/kg]
Ganga_sediment_3053	1	Gangotri	Bhagirathi	30.99	78.94	3053	H/W 3	2014-12-03	263.7	7.7	163.1	127.0	782.5	27.6	66.8	108.8	292.6	47.0	92.7	3.9	626.7	84.6	0.4	78.2	46.6	5.8	25.3	3.1	0.4	2.7	17.5	25.4	27.5	51.3	6.5	24.1	5.7	6.2	1.0	5.2	0.9	2.3	0.3	1.8	0.2
Ganga_sediment_2500	2	Harshil	Bhagirathi	31.00	78.70	2500	U/S 1	2014-08-31	124.9	14.0	130.6	99.0	572.5	25.7	66.3	50.2	181.8	34.5	56.8	4.7	385.5	113.9	0.7	54.4	46.0	4.9	14.3	1.8	0.6	1.5	12.0	19.4	34.1	69.8	7.7	27.9	6.1	5.9	0.8	4.0	0.7	2.0	0.3	1.7	0.2
Ganga_sediment_2500	3	Harshil	Bhagirathi	31.00	78.70	2500	U/S 1	2014-12-03	91.6	3.4	66.4	52.4	444.6	11.9	41.0	47.6	151.5	16.3	51.0	2.7	201.2	48.9	1.2	38.0	21.2	2.5	6.6	1.2	0.4	0.7	5.9	15.2	16.8	34.8	3.9	14.2	3.2	3.5	0.5	2.9	0.5	1.5	0.2	1.1	0.2
Ganga_sediment_1983	4	Dabrani	Bhagirathi	30.90	78.70	1983	U/S 3	2014-12-03	189.4	7.0	165.4	124.0	960.2	29.4	76.8	109.4	391.4	35.7	127.6	4.0	411.9	112.6	2.1	60.9	48.0	4.1	16.9	3.1	0.7	1.5	14.5	30.7	33.3	67.6	7.7	28.0	6.4	6.8	1.1	5.8	1.1	3.1	0.4	2.4	0.4
Ganga_sediment_463	5	Devprayag	Bhagirathi	30.20	78.60	463	U/S 5	2014-05-20	81.6	5.7	192.6	131.6	1270.7	39.7	83.3	127.4	416.8	32.3	93.5	4.9	321.6	136.4	0.8	32.1	112.8	5.8	10.8	2.1	1.9	1.0	15.8	25.9	37.8	70.6	8.8	30.6	6.6	6.7	1.0	5.2	0.9	2.9	0.4	2.4	0.3
Ganga_sediment_463	6	Devprayag	Bhagirathi	30.20	78.60	463	U/S 5	2014-09-02	112.3	5.7	191.3	136.1	1080.7	40.9	96.2	126.0	241.1	32.1	76.1	5.4	363.8	120.6	0.8	40.9	69.0	5.7	11.2	2.1	2.5	1.2	16.2	20.3	26.9	57.7	6.0	23.0	5.0	5.2	0.8	4.1	0.8	2.2	0.3	1.9	0.3
Ganga_sediment_463	7	Devprayag	Bhagirathi	30.20	78.60	463	U/S 5	2014-12-08	92.2	5.6	171.4	119.6	1012.4	35.8	143.6	115.3	265.2	30.2	72.6	3.4	355.7	132.6	1.1	38.9	69.9	5.3	9.6	1.6	1.6	1.0	14.1	20.8	28.1	57.0	6.3	22.6	5.1	5.3	0.8	4.2	0.8	2.2	0.3	1.8	0.3
Ganga_sediment_463	8	Devprayag	Bhagirathi	30.20	78.60	463	U/S 5	2015-08-17	113.6	5.1	147.1	120.9	964.0	27.8	74.4	100.4	228.5	28.0	67.6	0.9	303.1	80.9	0.8	37.6	62.9	7.2	17.7	3.4	2.5	0.0	18.7	21.9	23.2	48.0	5.2	19.4	4.2	4.5	0.7	3.5	0.7	2.0	0.3	1.7	0.3
Ganga_sediment_1404	9	Joshimath	Alaknanda	30.60	79.60	1404	U/S 6	2014-12-07	23.1	1.5	72.4	38.4	310.8	10.3	20.5	17.9	62.9	10.9	16.2	2.2	100.1	68.8	0.1	8.4	17.6	1.6	3.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	4.1	5.3	10.0	20.4	2.3	8.6	1.8	1.8	0.2	1.3	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.1
Ganga_sediment_983	10	Chamoli	Alaknanda	30.40	79.30	983	U/S 9	2014-12-05	40.4	2.2	73.5	47.8	411.6	11.6	24.8	23.8	92.2	13.7	30.6	4.5	141.3	59.3	0.2	12.6	20.6	2.1	4.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	4.7	6.3	11.8	23.3	2.7	10.1	2.1	2.1	0.3	1.4	0.2	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.1
Ganga_sediment_795	11	Kaleswar	Alaknanda	30.30	79.30	795	U/S 11	2014-12-05	46.1	2.1	74.1	46.9	568.1	13.5	25.8	24.9	176.7	14.1	39.0	3.9	141.5	54.4	0.3	11.7	22.4	2.5	5.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	5.1	6.6	12.6	25.2	2.8	10.4	2.2	2.2	0.3	1.4	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.1
Ganga_sediment_653	12	Rudraprayag	Alaknanda	30.30	79.10	653	U/S 13	2014-09-03	52.1	5.3	88.3	63.1	585.8	14.2	27.7	31.7	77.4	25.3	18.0	3.0	271.3	114.6	0.1	18.3	31.5	4.2	9.6	0.7	0.6	1.1	8.6	16.3	33.1	63.5	7.3	26.8	5.5	5.4	0.7	3.4	0.6	1.7	0.2	1.4	0.2
Ganga_sediment_470	13	Devprayag	Alaknanda	30.10	78.60	470	U/S 15	2014-05-20	73.4	4.3	141.4	111.8	970.8	24.6	57.5	62.7	174.9	29.3	58.5	3.4	292.9	123.5	0.3	24.1	43.0	3.9	12.5	1.2	1.1	1.1	12.4	20.2	33.0	65.7	7.2	26.3	5.5	5.5	0.8	4.0	0.8	2.3	0.3	1.9	0.3
Ganga_sediment_470	14	Devprayag	Alaknanda	30.10	78.60	470	U/S 15	2014-09-02	33.6	2.8	61.6	62.7	500.8	9.1	17.5	18.1	82.9	16.6	10.4	0.5	150.9	99.7	0.3	8.0	20.4	5.2	10.3	0.6	0.8	0.0	14.1	21.1	35.5	71.8	8.1	28.3	5.8	5.9	0.8	3.8	0.7	2.0	0.3	1.6	0.2
Ganga_sediment_470	15	Devprayag	Alaknanda	30.10	78.60	470	U/S 15	2014-12-08	27.4	1.8	51.5	41.1	419.4	8.9	66.0	17.0	100.0	12.4	15.1	1.9	122.4	49.1	0.1	7.9	14.2	2.1	4.6	0.4	0.5	0.4	4.5	6.5	14.4	28.4	3.3	11.6	2.3	2.3	0.3	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.1
Ganga_sediment_470	16	Devprayag	Alaknanda	30.10	78.60	470	U/S 15	2015-08-17	41.3	3.6	71.1	58.0	595.0	11.3	20.1	43.3	45.5	20.1	17.3	0.7	196.0	104.7	0.1	10.3	24.5	5.7	13.7	0.7	1.0	0.0	10.1	17.9	36.6	74.8	8.5	29.1	5.9	5.9	0.7	3.6	0.6	1.8	0.2	1.4	0.2
Ganga_sediment_876	17	Nandaprayag	Nandakini	30.30	79.30	876	U/S 10	2014-12-07	49.0	4.9	89.6	56.4	537.3	16.9	26.6	26.6	240.0	34.4	44.9	7.6	320.8	74.2	0.3	12.5	39.2	5.4	13.7	0.7	1.1	1.3	11.1	22.0	54.6	105.7	12.3	41.6	8.5	8.1	1.0	4.8	0.8	2.4	0.3	1.7	0.2
Ganga_sediment_785	18	Karnaprayag	Pindar	30.30	79.20	785	U/S 12	2014-09-05	47.2	3.7	100.5	77.8	923.6	15.0	33.7	28.0	75.0	23.9	33.7	3.2	234.5	139.2	0.6	15.1	31.3	3.9	8.7	0.4	0.7	0.8	9.1	12.7	22.9	46.2	5.0	18.2	3.9	3.7	0.5	2.5	0.5	1.4	0.2	1.1	0.2
Ganga_sediment_670	19	Rudraprayag	Mandakini	30.30	79.00	670	U/S 14	2014-05-19	71.4	3.9	155.4	114.3	851.8	28.6	59.1	72.9	156.9	31.9	30.6	4.4	324.3	144.8	0.3	21.2	31.2	5.7	15.8	1.0	0.9	1.3	15.2	22.0	34.9	72.1	8.0	30.1	6.2	6.3	0.9	4.5	0.8	2.3	0.3	1.9	0.3
Ganga_sediment_670	20	Rudraprayag	Mandakini	30.30	79.00	670	U/S 14	2014-09-03	88.0	4.0	182.0	133.1	1037.0	33.8	63.6	64.7	192.8	37.0	34.4	4.5	361.0	119.3	0.3	19.2	27.5	5.2	14.3	0.7	0.5	1.5	15.3	19.9	29.6	61.5	6.7	25.2	5.4	5.5	0.8	4.1	0.7	2.0	0.3	1.6	0.2
Ganga_sediment_670	21	Rudraprayag	Mandakini	30.30	79.00	670	U/S 14	2014-12-05	97.1	4.0	230.6	186.8	1455.8	46.2	93.0	92.6	350.0	39.1	38.2	5.4	418.1	94.2	0.3	31.7	30.4	7.0	15.1	1.8	0.9	1.2	19.1	20.2	30.2	61.3	6.8	24.6	5.3	5.4	0.7	4.0	0.8	2.1	0.3	1.6	0.2
Ganga_sediment_406	22	Biyasi	Ganga	30.10	78.50	406	U/S 16	2014-09-02	46.1	4.2	77.8	63.0	540.4	12.1	26.3	26.8	65.9	19.9	16.7	0.7	184.5	93.7	0.2	11.8	24.4	5.9	12.0	0.9	0.9	0.0	10.3	23.6	39.1	79.4	9.0	31.0	6.2	6.2	0.8	4.2	0.8	2.4	0.3	2.0	0.3
Ganga_sediment_406	23	Biyasi	Ganga	30.10	78.50	406	U/S 16	2014-12-08	44.4	2.3	74.9	61.5	609.9	14.0	36.9	35.4	107.1	15.6	24.9	2.2	170.1	56.0	0.4	14.1	22.3	2.3	5.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	6.4	7.5	13.2	26.4	3.0	10.8	2.3	2.3	0.3	1.6	0.3	0.9	0.1	0.7	0.1
Ganga_sediment_406	24	Biyasi	Ganga	30.10	78.50	406	U/S 16	2015-08-17	39.8	3.7	67.6	58.4	538.9	10.6	19.8	27.7	50.4	19.6	15.1	0.6	203.8	98.1	0.1	10.7	24.4	5.4	14.2	0.7	0.9	0.0	12.3	19.0	34.9	71.9	8.0	27.6	5.6	5.8	0.7	3.5	0.6	1.8	0.2	1.4	0.2
Ganga_sediment_338	25	Rishikesh	Ganga	30.10	78.30	338	U/S 17	2014-05-20	72.7	4.6	158.0	111.1	1198.7	29.0	60.8	83.3	201.2	29.0	68.1	5.7	281.5	121.9	0.6	24.8	69.1	5.5	12.0	1.4	3.6	1.1	14.0	22.6	34.4	71.8	7.8	28.0	5.9	5.9	0.8	4.6	0.8	2.5	0.3	2.2	0.3
Ganga_sediment_338	26	Rishikesh	Ganga	30.10	78.30	338	U/S 17	2014-08-29	58.1	3.9	83.5	68.3	618.5	13.0	29.3	33.7	90.7	21.6	24.4	0.6	206.6	102.2	0.2	14.8	33.4	6.4	14.3	1.3	1.3	0.0	11.0	19.0	31.4	64.5	7.3	25.7	5.3	5.4	0.7	3.6	0.7	1.8	0.2	1.5	0.2
Ganga_sediment_338	27	Rishikesh	Ganga	30.10	78.30	338	U/S 17	2014-12-09	65.9	4.9	151.3	126.0	952.3	30.7	94.9	114.7	237.6	28.9	48.6	5.6	322.1	130.6	0.6	30.6	54.5	4.8	10.1	2.3	1.3	1.0	13.3	18.8	30.4	60.3	6.8	24.7	5.2	5.3	0.7	3.9	0.7	2.0	0.3	1.6	0.2