Data and Code for the publication "Vertical distribution and post-depositional translocation of microplastics in a Rhine floodplain soil"

Background The dataset contains data on soil properties, Optical luminescenes dating (OSL) and microplastic abundance in soil samples taken from a soil profile (1 m depth) in the floodplain Langel-Merkenich (Cologne, Germany). They were analysed in the paper by P. Seidel, M. Rolf, A. Holzinger, M. Gröbner, S. Riedesel, H. Laermanns, H. Feldhaar, C. Laforsch, M.G.J. Löder and C. Bogner, "Vertical distribution and post-depositional translocation of microplastics in a Rhine floodplain soil", https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-025-00142-9) published in Microplastics and Nanoplastics.