Data needed for assessment of trace elements contamination of the Vistula River Valley in the Małopolski Gorge. Application of geochemical and ecotoxicological indices

Application of geochemical and ecotoxicological Indices for assessment of trace elements contamination of the Vistula River Valley in the Małopolski Gorge. Geomorfological-geochemical approach.

During the field investigations, 192 sediment samples were collected for laboratory analysis. The data contain granulometric composition (areometric method), organic matter (loss-of-ignition method at 450⁰C), carbonate (Scheibler method), and iron content (iodometric method) and concentration of trace elements (the samples were washed through a plastic sieve with a mesh diameter of 1.0 mm, air-dried samples were dissolved in a solution of H2O-HF-HClO4-HNO3 (ratio 2:2:1:1), concentrations of trace elements (Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Co, As, Sr, Cd, Cr, Ba, Fe, Al) were determined by the ICP-OES and ICP-MS method at Acme Labs (Bureau Veritas Commodities Canada Ltd)).

The data also contain calculations of geochemical indices (EF, Igeo, PI, CF, Cd, PISum, PIAvg, PINemerow, PLI, ER, RI).