Dataset for the assessment of metallic pollution in the Saint-Charles River sediments (Québec City, QC, Canada)
Léo Chassiot,
Pierre Francus,
Arnaud De Coninck,
Patrick Lajeunesse,
Danielle Cloutier,
Thibault Labarre
Affiliations
Léo Chassiot
INRS-ETE, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC, G1R 9A9, Canada; GEOTOP, Geochemistry and Geodynamics Research Center, Montreal, Canada; Département de Géographie, Université Laval, Pavillon Abitibi-Price, 2405 Rue de la Terrasse, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada; Centre d’Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Pavillon Abitibi-Price, 2405 Rue de la Terrasse, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada; Corresponding author. Département de Géographie, Université Laval, Pavillon Abitibi-Price, 2405 Rue de la Terrasse, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
Pierre Francus
INRS-ETE, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC, G1R 9A9, Canada; GEOTOP, Geochemistry and Geodynamics Research Center, Montreal, Canada
Arnaud De Coninck
INRS-ETE, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC, G1R 9A9, Canada
Patrick Lajeunesse
Département de Géographie, Université Laval, Pavillon Abitibi-Price, 2405 Rue de la Terrasse, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada; Centre d’Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Pavillon Abitibi-Price, 2405 Rue de la Terrasse, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
Danielle Cloutier
Département de Géographie, Université Laval, Pavillon Abitibi-Price, 2405 Rue de la Terrasse, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
Thibault Labarre
Département de Géographie, Université Laval, Pavillon Abitibi-Price, 2405 Rue de la Terrasse, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
This Data in Brief article presents sedimentological and geochemical parameters from a set of sedimentary samples collected in the Saint-Charles River, a tributary of the Saint-Lawrence River flowing in Québec City (QC, Canada). It details the experimental design, methods, materials and results of destructive analyses related to a multi-proxy study of polymetallic contamination in sediments collected within an urban reservoir (Spatial and temporal patterns of metallic pollution in Québec City, Canada: Sources and hazard assessment from reservoir sediment records, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.021, (Chassiot et al., 2019)). The present article summarizes the results of relevant parameters on a set of 68 samples: total organic carbon (TOC), sulfur content, grain-size, and concentrations of heavy and trace metals. It also presents the calculation of enrichment factors, geoaccumulation indexes, and metallic pollution index. Keywords: Urban river, Reservoir sediments, Pollution, Heavy and trace metals
