{
    "tag": 17641,
    "title": "Suspended-sediment concentration data from water samples collected in 2016-17 in Grand Bay, Alabama and Mississippi",
    "pubdate": "20191220",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "DOI:10.5066\/P91L4A75",
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/whcmsc\/SB_data_release\/DR_P91L4A75\/GrandBay_WaterSamp_metadata.faq.html",
    "format": null,
    "email": null,
    "descript": "Suspended-sediment transport is a critical element governing the geomorphology of tidal marshes and estuaries. Marsh elevation, relative to sea level, is maintained by both organic material and the deposition of inorganic sediment. Additionally, horizontal marsh extent is altered by lateral erosion and accretion. In wetlands within and near Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, parts of the salt marsh are eroding relatively rapidly. To understand the connection between sediment fluxes and these processes, the U.S. Geological Survey made oceanographic and water-quality measurements from August 2, 2016, to January 28, 2017, to quantify suspended-sediment concentration and sediment transport in tidal channels and open embayments in and near Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.",
    "lang": null,
    "journal": null,
    "pwid": null,
    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Suttles, Steven E.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Nowacki, Daniel J.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Ganju, Neil K.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Borden, Jonathan S.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Nichols, Alexander R.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
    "index_term": [
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1034",
            "name": "sediment transport",
            "scope": "Transport of solid particles of unconsolidated rock and mineral fragments, chemical precipitates, or biological materials."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1129",
            "name": "suspended material (water)",
            "scope": "Sediment or organic material carried in suspension in the water column, in contrast to material that moves on or near the bottom. May be measured directly by sampling, or indirectly by acoustic or optical backscatter or transmission."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "012",
            "name": "inlandWaters",
            "scope": "Inland water features, drainage systems and characteristics, for example rivers and glaciers, salt lakes, water utilization plans, dams, currents, floods and flood hazards, water quality, hydrographic charts, watersheds, wetlands, hydrography"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "014",
            "name": "oceans",
            "scope": "Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters), for example tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs, maritime, outer continental shelf submerged lands, shoreline"
        }
    ],
    "place_term": [
        {
            "thcode": 1,
            "code": "q31090SEE1",
            "name": "Kreole",
            "scope": "map quadrangle, 7.5 minute",
            "pname": "Biloxi"
        }
    ],
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            "name": "https:\/\/www.sciencebase.gov\/catalog\/file\/get\/5dbb3772e4b06957974ec455?name=GrandBay_WaterSamp_browse.JPG",
            "description": "Photograph of Van Dorn water sampler being deployed in Bayou Heron."
        }
    ],
    "fan": [
        "2016-034-FA"
    ]
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