Four sediment cores were collected from the San Juan Generation Station reservoir. The sediments from each of these cores were described for physical properties and analyzed for inorganic elements. These data provide the initial field observations of reservoir sediments including grain size, color, and reaction with hydrogen peroxide and hydrochloric acid. Sediment inorganic chemistry data are also provided.

These data provide the initial field observations of reservoir sediments, from cores collected in November 2019, including grain size, color, bioturbation, redox indicators, and reaction with hydrogen peroxide and hydrochloric acid. Total sediment chemistry data from the cores are also included.

These data provide the initial field observations of reservoir sediments including grain size, color, bioturbation, redox indicators, and reaction with hydrogen peroxide and hydrochloric acid.

These data provide the initial field observations of reservoir sediments including grain size, color, bioturbation, redox indicators, and reaction with hydrogen peroxide and hydrochloric acid.

Sediment traps were deployed in tributaries to the San Juan River during 2021 and 2022. These traps collected sediment during storm events that typically occur as monsoonal convective storms from June to September. Because of the rural nature of the watershed, sediment traps were collected every 3 weeks so the sediment collected is a composite of that time period. The date listed is the date the trap was collected. This dataset includes the chemical concentrations of the sediment samples. Major ions are reported in weight percentage, while all other elements are reported in parts per million. Samples were fused at 750°C with sodium peroxide and the fusion cake dissolved in a dilute nitric acid. The resulting solution was analyzed by ICP-OES and ICP-MS. This method was done to include all of the rare earth elements. Results from this method may differ slightly from the results in the 49-element analysis because of the differences in digestion procedure. The 60 element dataset includes aluminum, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, phosphorous, sulfur, silicon, titanium, silver, arsenic, boron, barium, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, cerium, cobalt, chromium, cesium, copper, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gallium, gadolinium, germanium, hafnium, holmium, indium, lanthanum, lithium, lutetium, manganese, molybdenum, niobium, neodymium, nickel, lead, praseodymium, rubidium, antimony, scandium, selenium, samarium, tin, strontium, tantalum, terbium, tellurium, thorium, thallium, thulium, uranium, vanadium, tungsten, yttrium, ytterbium, zinc, and zircon.

Sediment traps were deployed in tributaries to the San Juan River during 2021 and 2022. These traps collected sediment during storm events that typically occur as monsoonal convective storms from June to September. Because of the rural nature of the watershed, sediment traps were collected every 3 weeks so the sediment collected is a composite of that time period. The date listed is the date the trap was collected. This dataset includes the chemical concentrations of the sediment samples. Major ions are reported in weight percentage, while all other elements are reported in parts per million. Samples were fused at 750°C with sodium peroxide and the fusion cake dissolved in a dilute nitric acid. The resulting solution was analyzed by ICP-OES and ICP-MS. This method was done to include all of the rare earth elements. Results from this method may differ slightly from the results in the 49-element analysis because of the differences in digestion procedure. The 60 element dataset includes aluminum, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, phosphorous, sulfur, silicon, titanium, silver, arsenic, boron, barium, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, cerium, cobalt, chromium, cesium, copper, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gallium, gadolinium, germanium, hafnium, holmium, indium, lanthanum, lithium, lutetium, manganese, molybdenum, niobium, neodymium, nickel, lead, praseodymium, rubidium, antimony, scandium, selenium, samarium, tin, strontium, tantalum, terbium, tellurium, thorium, thallium, thulium, uranium, vanadium, tungsten, yttrium, ytterbium, zinc, and zircon.

Sediment traps were deployed in tributaries to the San Juan River during 2021 and 2022. These traps collected sediment during storm events that typically occur as monsoonal convective storms from June to September. Because of the rural nature of the watershed, sediment traps were collected every 3 weeks so the sediment collected is a composite of that time period. The date listed is the date the trap was collected. This dataset includes the chemical concentrations of the sediment samples. Major ions are reported in weight percentage, while all other elements are reported in parts per million. Sediment samples in this dataset are digested using a mixture of hydrochloric, nitric, perchloric, and hydrofluoric acids at low temperature. The resulting solution is analyzed by ICP-OES and ICP-MS. The 49 element dataset includes aluminum, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, sulfur, silicon, titanium, silver, arsenic, barium, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, cerium, cobalt, chromium, cesium, copper, gallium, hafnium, indium, lanthanum, lithium, lutetium, manganese, molybdenum, niobium, nickel, phosphorous, lead, rubidium, antimony, scandium, selenium, tin, strontium, tantalum, terbium, tellurium, thorium, thallium, thulium, uranium, vanadium, tungsten, yttrium, ytterbium, zinc, and zircon.

Sediment traps were deployed in tributaries to the San Juan River during 2021 and 2022. These traps collected sediment during storm events that typically occur as monsoonal convective storms from June to September. Because of the rural nature of the watershed, sediment traps were collected every 3 weeks so the sediment collected is a composite of that time period. The date listed is the date the trap was collected. This dataset includes the chemical concentrations of the sediment samples. Major ions are reported in weight percentage, while all other elements are reported in parts per million. Sediment samples in this dataset are digested using a mixture of hydrochloric, nitric, perchloric, and hydrofluoric acids at low temperature. The resulting solution is analyzed by ICP-OES and ICP-MS. The 49 element dataset includes aluminum, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, sulfur, silicon, titanium, silver, arsenic, barium, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, cerium, cobalt, chromium, cesium, copper, gallium, hafnium, indium, lanthanum, lithium, lutetium, manganese, molybdenum, niobium, nickel, phosphorous, lead, rubidium, antimony, scandium, selenium, tin, strontium, tantalum, terbium, tellurium, thorium, thallium, thulium, uranium, vanadium, tungsten, yttrium, ytterbium, zinc, and zircon.

Sediment traps were deployed in thirty-three ephemeral and perennial tributaries to the San Juan River during 2021 and 2022. This dataset includes the chemical concentrations of the sediment samples collected in sediment traps during storm events. These traps collected sediment during storm events that typically occur as monsoonal convective storms from June to September. Because of the rural nature of the watershed, sediment traps were collected every 3 weeks so the sediment collected is a composite of that time period. The date listed is the date the trap was collected. Major ions are reported in weight percentage, while all other elements are reported in parts per million. Each sample was split and analyzed following two different methods of sample preparation. In one method, the sample is decomposed using a mixture of hydrochloric, nitric, perchloric, and hydrofluoric acids at low temperature. In the second method, samples are fused at 750°C with sodium peroxide and the fusion cake dissolved in a dilute nitric acid. The resulting solution for both methods is analyzed by ICP-OES and ICP-MS.

Sediment traps were deployed in thirty-three ephemeral and perennial tributaries to the San Juan River during 2021 and 2022. This dataset includes the chemical concentrations of the sediment samples collected in sediment traps during storm events. These traps collected sediment during storm events that typically occur as monsoonal convective storms from June to September. Because of the rural nature of the watershed, sediment traps were collected every 3 weeks so the sediment collected is a composite of that time period. The date listed is the date the trap was collected. Major ions are reported in weight percentage, while all other elements are reported in parts per million. Each sample was split and analyzed following two different methods of sample preparation. In one method, the sample is decomposed using a mixture of hydrochloric, nitric, perchloric, and hydrofluoric acids at low temperature. In the second method, samples are fused at 750°C with sodium peroxide and the fusion cake dissolved in a dilute nitric acid. The resulting solution for both methods is analyzed by ICP-OES and ICP-MS.