Trace element data from spring, river, and precipitation samples from the Rovte region, central Slovenia (2022–2023)

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Water samples from springs, a river, and precipitation in the Rovte region, central Slovenia, were analyzed for their trace metal concentrations. The sampling campaign covered one year (summer 2022 - summer 2023), with samples collected twice per month. The sites studied were at six carbonate springs, one river, and one precipitation station. Samples were collected and immediately filtered into bottles containing nitric acid, and then transported for analyzes at the Hydrogeochemical Laboratory of the AGH University of Krakow, Poland. Data were collected on various trace metal concentrations by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) for Al, B, Ba, Ca, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, P, S, Si, Sr and Zn, and by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for Ag, As, Be, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ga, Hg, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Ti, Tl, V, W and Zr; data are only shown for metals that were above the detection limits. The study was carried out to understand how different geological units affect the water geochemistry of springs and whether this data can be used to help delimit the boundaries of catchment areas. Additionally, the concentrations of trace metals were used to assess whether the waters were fit for consumption. The study also provides baseline data for a wider research project on the process of dedolomitization in the Rovte region.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.971795
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.971795
Provenance
Creator Johnston, Vanessa Elizabeth ORCID logo; Šarc, Filip; Wątor, Katarzyna; Otoničar, Bojan
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2024
Funding Reference National Science Centre Poland https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004281 Crossref Funder ID 2020/39/I/ST10/02357 ; Slovenian Research Agency https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004329 Crossref Funder ID N1-0226
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 551 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (14.116W, 45.975S, 14.180E, 46.013N); Slovenia
Temporal Coverage Begin 2022-11-15T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2023-08-29T00:00:00Z