Hydro-sedimentary provenance analyses in the Weiße Elster catchment (Central Germany): The basic dataset

Abstract

This manuscript documents geological master data and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) data of a standardized 8*8 km sampling grid of the entire Weiße Elster catchment in Central Germany. Further, the manuscript documents XRF data of a refined 4*4 km sampling grid in the proximity of Salsitz floodplain transect as well as grain size data and XRF data of Salsitz SC40 core that was recovered from the Weiße Elster floodplain. The data provide opportunities for hydro-sedimentary provenance analyses as presented in the corresponding research article by Ballasus et al. [1].

Keywords

• Provenance analysis
• Stationary XRF data
• Grain size data
• Floodplain
• Catchment-scale
• Hydro-sedimentary dynamics