Zvara Ema ema.zvara@uni-leipzig.de 0009-0002-3762-4127 Universität Leipzig https://www.uni-leipzig.de/ https://ror.org/03s7gtk40 Pejdanović Snježana snjezana.pejdanovic@uni-tuebingen.de University of Tübingen https://ror.org/03a1kwz48 Schneider Birgit bschneid@rz.uni-leipzig.de Universität Leipzig https://www.uni-leipzig.de/ https://ror.org/03s7gtk40 Quante Ella ella.quante@uni-jena.de Institut für Geowissenschaften, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena http://www.uni-jena.de/chemie/ https://ror.org/05qpz1x62 Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology https://ror.org/00js75b59 Saeidi ghavi andam Sara sara.saeedi@gmail.com Archaeobotany lab of Landesamt für Denkmalpflege in Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg https://ror.org/03mznce35 Volosky Diego diego.volosky@uni-jena.de Institut für Geowissenschaften, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena http://www.uni-jena.de/chemie/ https://ror.org/05qpz1x62 Lauer Tobias Department of Terrestrial Sedimentology, Geo- and Environmental Sciences, University of Tübingen Fitzsimmons Kathryn E kathryn.fitzsimmons@uni-tuebingen.de 0000-0002-9337-0793 Department of Terrestrial Sedimentology, Geo- and Environmental Sciences, University of Tübingen School of Earth, Atmosphere & Environment - Science, Monash University Marhan Sven Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Soil Biology Department, University of Hohenheim Kandeler Ellen 0000-0002-2854-0012 Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Soil Biology Department, University of Hohenheim Poll Christian Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Soil Biology Department, University of Hohenheim Oelmann Yvonne 0000-0003-3513-6568 Institute of Geography, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen Neidhardt Harald Institute of Geography, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen Lindauer Susanne 0000-0001-5363-2755 Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie gGmbH CEZA http://www.cez-archaeometrie.de/?lang=en https://ror.org/02bsh9z73 Friedrich Ronny ronny.friedrich@cez-archaeometrie.de Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie gGmbH CEZA http://www.cez-archaeometrie.de/?lang=en https://ror.org/02bsh9z73 Werther Lukas 0000-0003-4128-7370 Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Römisch-Germanische Kommission https://ror.org/01fqayw81 Frenzel Peter peter.frenzel@uni-jena.de 0000-0002-3821-4632 Institut für Geowissenschaften, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena http://www.uni-jena.de/chemie/ https://ror.org/05qpz1x62 Kühn Peter peter.kuehn@uni-tuebingen.de 0000-0002-4417-5633 University of Tübingen https://ror.org/03a1kwz48 Zielhofer Christoph zielhofer@uni-leipzig.de 0000-0001-9551-4466 Universität Leipzig https://www.uni-leipzig.de/ https://ror.org/03s7gtk40 2025 Multidisciplinary analyses of sediment-soil profiles from the Eger floodplain (Nördlingen, southern Germany) dataset bundled publication https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.972856 2025-03-27T06:13:17 This field campaign is part of the DFG projects SPP 2361: On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere and Local pathways to the Fluvial Anthroposphere at Echaz (Rhine) and Eger (Danube). A comparative analysis from c. AD 1100 to 1800, which aim to investigate the pre-industrial floodplains of Central Europe. In spring 2023, during the construction of a new logistics building in Nördlingen (southern Germany), soil-sediment profiles were hand-excavated, each to a depth of 1 m. The profiles NEP 1, NEP 2, NEP 3 were sampled and analysed. The following analyses were performed on the bulk-soil-sediment samples: grain-size analysis, XRF-based elemental analysis, CNS-Analysis, pH-value measurements, urease activity, microbial biomass carbon analysis, stable isotope analysis, molluscs and microfossils analysis, and luminescence dating. In addition, charcoal samples from all three profiles and one additional sample from NEP 4 profile (this profile was not sampled for soil-sediment analysis) were collected. Charcoal samples were determined to the lowest possible taxonomic level and radiocarbon dated. Zvara Ema ema.zvara@uni-leipzig.de 0009-0002-3762-4127 Pejdanović Snježana snjezana.pejdanovic@uni-tuebingen.de Schneider Birgit bschneid@rz.uni-leipzig.de Quante Ella ella.quante@uni-jena.de Saeidi ghavi andam Sara sara.saeedi@gmail.com Volosky Diego diego.volosky@uni-jena.de Lauer Tobias Fitzsimmons Kathryn E kathryn.fitzsimmons@uni-tuebingen.de 0000-0002-9337-0793 Marhan Sven Kandeler Ellen 0000-0002-2854-0012 Poll Christian Oelmann Yvonne 0000-0003-3513-6568 Neidhardt Harald Lindauer Susanne 0000-0001-5363-2755 Friedrich Ronny ronny.friedrich@cez-archaeometrie.de Werther Lukas 0000-0003-4128-7370 Frenzel Peter peter.frenzel@uni-jena.de 0000-0002-3821-4632 Kühn Peter peter.kuehn@uni-tuebingen.de 0000-0002-4417-5633 Zielhofer Christoph zielhofer@uni-leipzig.de 0000-0001-9551-4466 2025 Biochemostratigraphy of the Eger floodplain (Southern Germany) – Detection and quantification of heavy metal contamination and paleoenvironmental conditions: The basic dataset journal article Data in Brief 60 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111501 111501 Zvara Ema ema.zvara@uni-leipzig.de 0009-0002-3762-4127 Pejdanović Snježana snjezana.pejdanovic@uni-tuebingen.de Schneider Birgit bschneid@rz.uni-leipzig.de Saeidi Sara Quante Ella ella.quante@uni-jena.de Nießen Iris O 0000-0003-3266-4592 Lauer Tobias Fitzsimmons Kathryn E kathryn.fitzsimmons@uni-tuebingen.de 0000-0002-9337-0793 Rabiger-Völlmer Johannes J.rabiger-voellmer@uni-leipzig.de 0000-0002-5499-5889 Fisher Markus L Tolksdorf Johann Friedrich Werben Ulrike Frenzel Peter peter.frenzel@uni-jena.de 0000-0002-3821-4632 Werther Lukas 0000-0003-4128-7370 Kühn Peter peter.kuehn@uni-tuebingen.de 0000-0002-4417-5633 Zielhofer Christoph zielhofer@uni-leipzig.de 0000-0001-9551-4466 in prep. Biochemostratigraphy of the Eger floodplain - detection and quantification of heavy metal contamination and paleoenvironmental conditions E&G - Quaternary Science Journal 10.511505 10.512653 48.867159 48.868228 10.512058197222226 48.86772230555555 2023-04-03T09:00:00 2023-04-03T16:00:00 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn DFG http://www.dfg.de/en/ https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 460849764 SPP 2361: On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere https://gepris.dfg.de/project/460849764 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn DFG http://www.dfg.de/en/ https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 509893043 Local pathways to the Fluvial Anthroposphere at Echaz (Rhine) and Eger (Danube). A comparative analysis from c. AD 1100 to 1800 https://gepris.dfg.de/project/509893043 6 CC-BY-4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sample code/label | Sample label | Depth, soil, minimum | Depth soil min | Depth, soil, maximum | Depth soil max | Size fraction 2.000-0.630 mm, coarse sand | 2000-630 µm | Dry sieving | Size fraction 0.630-0.200 mm, medium sand | 630-200 µm | Size fraction 0.200-0.125 mm, fine sand | 200-125 µm | Size fraction 0.125-0.063 mm, 3.0-4.0 phi, very fine sand | 125-63 µm | Size fraction 0.063-0.020 mm, coarse silt | 63-20 µm gU | Particle Size Analyser, Micrometrics, SEDIGRAPH III 5120 | Size fraction 0.020-0.0063 mm, medium silt | 20-6.3 µm mU | Size fraction 0.0063-0.002 mm, fine silt | 6.3-2 µm fU | Size fraction 2-0.63 µm, coarse clay | 2-0.63 µm | Size fraction 0.63-0.2 µm, medium clay | 0.63-0.2 µm | Size fraction < 0.2 µm, fine clay | <0.2 µm | Median, grain size, D50 | D50 | Grain quartile 75%/Grain quartile 25% | D75/D25 | Grain size, D75-D25, distribution, interquartile range | D75-D25 | Reproducibility: very good | Sodium | Na | X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Spectro XEPOS energy disersive | Sodium, error | Na e | Magnesium | Mg2+ | Magnesium, error | Mg e | Aluminium | Al | Aluminium, error | Al e | Silicon | Si | Silicon, error | Si e | Phosphorus | P | Phosphorus, error | P e | Sulfur | S | Sulfur, error | S e | Reproductibility NEP1, NEP2: poor; Reproductibility NEP3: very good? | Chlorine | Cl | Chlorine, error | Cl e | Potassium | K | Potassium, error | K e | Calcium | Ca2+ | Calcium, error | Ca e | Titanium | Ti | Titanium, error | Ti e | Vanadium | V | Vanadium, error | V e | Chromium | Cr | Chromium, error | Cr e | Manganese | Mn | Manganese, error | Mn e | Iron | Fe | Iron, error | Fe e | Reproducibility: moderate | Cobalt | Co | Cobalt, error | Co e | Nickel | Ni | Nickel, error | Ni e | Copper | Cu | Copper, error | Cu e | Zinc | Zn | Zinc, error | Zn e | Gallium | Ga | Gallium, error | Ga e | Reproducibility: poor | Germanium | Ge | Germanium, error | Ge e | Arsenic | As | Arsenic, error | As e | Reproducibility: poor# | Selenium | Se | Selenium, error | Se e | Bromine | Br | Bromine, error | Br e | Rubidium | Rb | Rubidium, error | Rb e | Strontium | Sr | Strontium, error | Sr e | Yttrium | Y | Yttrium, error | Y e | Zirconium | Zr | Zirconium, error | Zr e | Niobium | Nb | Niobium, error | Nb e | Molybdenum | Mo | Mo e | Silver | Ag | Silver, error | Ag e | Cadmium | Cd | Cadmium, error | Cd e | Tin | Sn | Tin, error | Sn e | Antimony | Sb | Antimony, error | Sb e | Tellurium | Te | Tellurium, error | Te e | Iodine | I | Iodine, error | I e | Caesium | Cs | Caesium, error | Cs e | Barium | Ba | Barium, error | Ba e | Lanthanum | La | Lanthanum, error | La e | Cerium | Ce | Cerium, error | Ce e | Praseodymium | Pr | Praseodymium, error | Pr e | Neodymium | Nd | Neodymium, error | Nd e | Hafnium | Hf | Hafnium, error | Hf e | Tantalum | Ta | Tantalum, error | Ta e | Tungsten | W | Tungsten, error | W e | Mercury | Hg | Mercury, error | Hg e | Thallium | Tl | Thallium, error | Tl e | Lead | Pb | Lead, error | Pb e | Bismuth | Bi | Bismuth, error | Bi e | Thorium | Th | Thorium, error | Th e | Uranium | U | Uranium, error | U e | Elements, total | Total | Laboratory code/label | Lab label | Measurements were made in: VKTA - Strahlenschutz, Analytik & Entsorgung Rossendorf e. V. | Measured | Age calculation with ADELEv2017 (Age DEtermination based on Luminescence and Electron spin resonance) software. | Dose rate, soil, total | D soil tot | Calculated | Dose rate, soil, total, error | D soil tot e | Equivalent dose | De | Equivalent dose, error | De e | pIR225 | Age, dated | Age dated | Radiation Instruments, DTU Physics, Risø TL/OSL-DA-20 | Age, dated, error | Age dated e | pIR150 | Dry weight of analysed sample before sieving | Sample, dry mass | Samp dm | Abundance class, semiquantitative, brick, fragments | Abund class semiq brick fragm | Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508 | Abundance class, semiquantitative, charcoal | Abund class semiq charcoal | Plant remains/roots | Abundance class, semiquantitative, plant remains | Abund class semiq plant rem | Abundance class, semiquantitative, mollusca fragments | Abund class semiq mollusc fragm | Cochlicopa lubrica | C. lubrica | Vitrea crystallina | V. crystallina | Vallonia pulchella | V. pulchella | Succinea sp. | Limacidae | Anisus leucostoma | A. leucostoma | Valvata cristata | V. cristata | Valvata piscinalis | V. piscinalis | Carychium minimum | C. minimum | Vertigo pygmaea | V. pygmaea | Planorbidae | Unionidae | Bithynia tentaculata | B. tentaculata | Operculae | Pisidium amnicum | P. amnicum | Rubus sp. | Rub.sp | Juncus sp. | Poa sp. | Montia fontana | Mon.f | Chenopodium sp. | Sambucus nigra | Sam.n | Insects | Bone, fragments | Bone fragm | Ostracoda, reworked | Ostrac rew | Foraminifera, reworked | Foram rew | Ostracoda | Ostrac | Candoninae, juvenile | Candoninae juv | Pseudocandona sp. | Of Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie gGmbH (CEZA) | Charcoal taxa | Measured at Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie gGmbH (CEZA). | Age, error | Age e | Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), Ionplus, MiCaDaS | δ13C | Classification according to Ad-Hoc-AG Boden 2005 (KA5). | Soil horizon | Soil hori | Classification according to Munsell soil color charts (Munsell Color., 2010). | Color code HLS-system | Color HLS | Color description | Color desc | Classification according to Ad-Hoc-AG Boden 2005 (KA5), German soil texture classes based on results from grain size analysis. | Grain size description | Grain size descr | Classification according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) based on results from grain size analysis. | Carbon, total | TC | Carbon and nitrogen and sulfur (CNS) isotope element analyzer, Elementar, Vario EL III | Nitrogen, total | TN | empty cells = n.a | pH | pH meter, WTW, pH 3310 | Calcium carbonate | CaCO3 | Calcimeter, Royal Eijkelkamp, 08.53 | Carbon, inorganic, total | TIC | Carbon, organic, total | TOC | Soil samples were mixed with aqueous urea solution (0.08 M) and incubated for 2 h at 37°C.The data have been recalculated per hour of incubation and given in µgN/gDW*h [nitrogen from ammonium per dry weight per hour of incubation]. (E.Kandeler et.al.1988, doi:10.1007/BF00257924) and (Kandeler et. al. 2011, doi:10.2136/sssabookser9.c10). Urease activity will be presented on a 2 hours basis in the research paper to allow a better comparison with other publications | Urease activity in nitrogen per dry mass of soil | Urease N/soil dm | Multimode Microplate Reader, Agilent Technologie, Bio Tek Synergy HTX Multimode Reader | Respiration Measurement System (RMS) was used to determine basal respiration, microbial biomass (SIR). (Anderson et.al. 1978, doi:10.1016/0038-0717(78)90099-8). | Microbial biomass as carbon per soil dry mass | SMB-C dm | Substrate-induced respiration method according to Beare et al. (1990) | Results are given in µgN/µgCmic [Nitrogen from ammonium pro microbial biomass carbon]. 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