Geological and geochemical characterizations of sediments in six borehole cores from the arsenic-contaminated aquifer of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

. 2019 Jul 11;25:104230. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104230

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Subject area	Geology, Geochemistry
More specific subject area	Environmental geochemistry, sediment lithology and composition, leaching and speciation of arsenic
Type of data	Table, image (SEM-EDX), figure (Eh-pH diagram)
How data was acquired	Geological survey, SEM-EDX, XRD, XRF, ICP-AES, TOC Analyzer, LOI, ion chromatography
Data format	Raw, analyzed
Experimental factors	Standard preservation procedures until the analyses
Experimental features	Chemical composition, total organic carbon, mineralogical composition of sediments and pH, Eh, dissolved Fe, Mn, Al, Si, DOC, major cations (Ca²⁺, Na⁺and K⁺) and major anions (SO₄²⁻, Cl⁻, HCO₃⁻and NO₃⁻) of the leachates were measured
Data source location	An Giang and Dong Thap Provinces of Vietnam
Data accessibility	Data is included in this article
Related research article	Huyen, D.T., Tabelin, C.B., Thuan, H.M., Dang, D.H., Truong, P.T., Vongphuthone, B., Kobayashi, M. and Igarashi, T., 2019. The solid-phase partitioning of arsenic in unconsolidated sediments of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam and its modes of release under various conditions. Chemosphere 233, 512–523.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.235