Citation:

PANGAEA.937901

Name: Grain size data sheet: Weiße Elster overbank silt-clay deposition (SC40 core, transect Salsitz)
Published: 2021-11-04
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Grain size data

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Published: 2021-11-04 • DOI registered: 2021-12-17

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Abstract:

We determined grain size distributions of Holocene fluvial sediments from a recovered drilling core from the Weiße Elster floodplain. We left the 2 mm sieved samples (10 g) in 50 ml 35-% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) overnight and heated them during the next day to remove organic matter. Subsequently, we dispersed the samples using a 10 ml 0.4 N sodium pyrophosphate solution (Na4P2O7) and ultrasonic treatment for 45 minutes. We conducted the grain size analysis of the sand fraction by means of the dry-sieving technique (2000–630 µm: coarse sand, 630–200 µm: medium sand, 200–125 µm: fine sand, 125–63 µm: finest sand). The finer fractions (63–20 µm: coarse silt, 20–6.3 µm: medium silt, 6.3–2.0 µm: fine silt, 2.0–0.6 µm: coarse clay, 0.6–0.2 µm: medium clay and <0.2 µm: fine clay) were measured by X-ray granulometry (XRG) using a SediGraph III 5120 (Micromeritics).

Keyword(s):

Grain size data

Related to:

Ballasus, Helen; Schneider, Birgit; von Suchodoletz, Hans; Miera, Jan; Werban, Ulrike; Fütterer, Pierre; Werther, Lukas; Ettel, Peter; Veit, Ulrich; Zielhofer, Christoph (2022): Overbank silt-clay deposition and intensive Neolithic land use in a Central European catchment – Coupled or decoupled? Science of the Total Environment, 806, 150858, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150858

Ballasus, Helen; von Suchodoletz, Hans; Schneider, Birgit; Grün, Hermann; Heller, Anna; Kind, Marie-Sophie; Wroblewski, Bennet; Wurlitzer, Stefan; Zielhofer, Christoph (2022): Hydro-sedimentary provenance analyses in the Weiße Elster catchment (Central Germany): The basic dataset. Data in Brief, 40, 107719, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107719

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn (DFG), grant/award no. 329664411 : Imprints of Rapid Climate Changes and human activity on Holocene hydro-sedimentary dynamics in Central Europe (loess-covered Weiße Elster model region)

Coverage:

Latitude: 51.034520 * Longitude: 12.093900

Date/Time Start: 2021-03-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2021-03-01T00:00:00

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.175 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 2.725 m

Event(s):

Weiße-Elster_WESC40 * Latitude: 51.034520 * Longitude: 12.093900 * Date/Time: 2021-03-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: 158.0 m * Method/Device: Core drilling (CDRILL) * Comment: Drilling depth: 275 cm; sediment type: Holocene fluvial deposits (predominantly overbank silt-clay deposition)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Sample code/label	Sample label		Zielhofer, Christoph
2	Depth, top/min	Depth top	m	Zielhofer, Christoph
3	Depth, bottom/max	Depth bot	m	Zielhofer, Christoph
4	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode
5	Size fraction 2.000-0.630 mm, coarse sand	2000-630 µm	%	Zielhofer, Christoph	Dry sieving
6	Size fraction 0.630-0.200 mm, medium sand	630-200 µm	%	Zielhofer, Christoph	Dry sieving
7	Size fraction 0.200-0.125 mm, fine sand	200-125 µm	%	Zielhofer, Christoph	Dry sieving
8	Size fraction 0.125-0.063 mm, 3.0-4.0 phi, very fine sand	125-63 µm	%	Zielhofer, Christoph	Dry sieving
9	Size fraction 0.063-0.020 mm, coarse silt	63-20 µm gU	%	Zielhofer, Christoph	Particle Size Analyser, Micrometrics, SEDIGRAPH III 5120
10	Size fraction 0.020-0.0063 mm, medium silt	20-6.3 µm mU	%	Zielhofer, Christoph	Particle Size Analyser, Micrometrics, SEDIGRAPH III 5120
11	Size fraction 0.0063-0.002 mm, fine silt	6.3-2 µm fU	%	Zielhofer, Christoph	Particle Size Analyser, Micrometrics, SEDIGRAPH III 5120
12	Size fraction 2-0.63 µm, coarse clay	2-0.63 µm	%	Zielhofer, Christoph	Particle Size Analyser, Micrometrics, SEDIGRAPH III 5120
13	Size fraction 0.63-0.2 µm, medium clay	0.63-0.2 µm	%	Zielhofer, Christoph	Particle Size Analyser, Micrometrics, SEDIGRAPH III 5120
14	Size fraction < 0.2 µm, fine clay	<0.2 µm	%	Zielhofer, Christoph	Particle Size Analyser, Micrometrics, SEDIGRAPH III 5120
15	Median, grain size	D50	µm	Zielhofer, Christoph
16	Grain quartile 75%/Grain quartile 25%	D75/D25		Zielhofer, Christoph
17	Grain size, distribution, interquartile range	D75-D25	µm	Zielhofer, Christoph

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

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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

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