An international stratigraphic dataset and geological map of the Ahr River catchment, Germany

Svenja Scholz; Henriette Westermann; Ronja Hegemann; Mara Popp; Tobias Richter; Markus L Fischer; Christoph Zielhofer

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2023.109677

An international stratigraphic dataset and geological map of the Ahr River catchment, Germany

Data Brief. 2023 Oct 13:51:109677. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109677. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Svenja Scholz¹, Henriette Westermann¹, Ronja Hegemann¹, Mara Popp¹, Tobias Richter¹, Markus L Fischer^{1

2}, Christoph Zielhofer^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Geography, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 19a, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
² Institute for Geoscience, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
³ LeipzigLab Working Group on Historic Anthropospheres, Leipzig University, Straße des 17. Juni 2, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany.

Abstract

This dataset provides detailed chronostratigraphic and lithological maps of the entire Ahr River catchment, which is located in Western Germany. The geological information was acquired using a transfer of the German chronostratigraphic terms into the international stratigraphic notation. Information about the geology and lithology was provided by publicly sourced data released by the German federal states North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. The dataset includes information about the international stratigraphy, the corresponding German unit, and the lithology in English and German. The dataset is essentially useful for catchment-scale research, for example with regard to the causes and consequences of the July 2021 flooding of the Ahr River.

Keywords: Ahr catchment; Geological Map; Geology; International stratigraphic notation; Lithology; Western Germany.