David C. Twichell
VeeAnn A. Cross
2003
PDF format log books of data collection in Lake Mead in 2000
raster digital data
Open-File Report
03-320
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr03320
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-320/htmldocs/datacatalog.htm
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-320/data/pdflogs/2000/00027isi.pdf
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-320/data/pdflogs/2000/00027nav.pdf
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-320/data/pdflogs/2000/00027sei.pdf
David C. Twichell
VeeAnn A. Cross
Stephen D. Belew
2003
Mapping the floor of Lake Mead (Nevada and Arizona): Preliminary discussion and GIS data release
1.0
Open-File Report
03-320
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-320/
Lake Mead is a large interstate reservoir located in the Mojave Desert of southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona. It was impounded in 1935 by the construction of Hoover Dam and is one of a series of multi-purpose reservoirs on the Colorado River. The lake extends 183 km from the mouth of the Grand Canyon to Black Canyon, the site of Hoover Dam, and provides water for residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, and other non-agricultural users in communities across the southwestern United States. Extensive research has been conducted on Lake Mead, but a majority of the studies have involved determining levels of anthropogenic contaminants such as synthetic organic compounds, heavy metals and dissolved ions, furans/dioxins, and nutrient loading in lake water, sediment, and biota (Preissler, et al., 1998; Bevans et al, 1996; Bevans et al., 1998; Covay and Leiker, 1998; LaBounty and Horn, 1997; Paulson, 1981). By contrast, little work has focused on the sediments in the lake and the processes of deposition (Gould, 1951). To address these questions, sidescan-sonar imagery and high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles were collected throughout Lake Mead by the USGS in cooperation with researchers from University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). These data allow a detailed mapping of the surficial geology and the distribution and thickness of sediment that has accumulated in the lake since the completion of Hoover Dam. Results indicate that the accumulation of post-impoundment sediment is primarily restricted to former river and stream beds that are now submerged below the lake while the margins of the lake appear to be devoid of post-impoundment sediment. The sediment cover along the original Colorado River bed is continuous and is typically greater than 10 m thick through much of its length. Sediment thickness in some areas exceeds 35 m while the smaller tributary valleys typically are filled with less than 4 m of sediment. Away from the river beds that are now covered with post-impoundment sediment, pre-impoundment alluvial deposits and rock outcrops are still exposed on the lake floor.
These PDF files provide a digital representation of the hand-written log books maintained during the cruises. Small details of information are contained in these log books that are difficult to represent elsewhere.
These log books include the ISIS log book for sidescan acquisition (00027isi.pdf), the seismic log book for chirp seismics (00027sei.pdf), and the navigation log book (00027nav.pdf).
20000601
20000606
ground condition
None planned
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USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:add4fe2b-7942-4017-8878-aa77e4603766
None
chirp
CMGP
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
log book
navigation
OFR03-320
Open-File report
seismic
seismic-reflection
sidescan
subbottom
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Woods Hole Field Center
cruise serial number 00027
ISO 19115 Topic Category
inlandWaters
location
USGS Thesaurus
field activity logs
geophysics
None
Boulder Basin
Colorado River
Lake Mead
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Bay
Las Vegas Wash
Mojave Desert
Nevada
United States
North America
NONE
The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
David C. Twichell
U.S. Geological Survey
Oceanographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700 x2266
(508) 457-2310
dtwichell@usgs.gov
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700
H.E. Bevans
S.L. Goodbred
J.F. Miesner
S.A. Watkins
T.S. Gross
N.D. Denslow
T. Choeb
1996
Synthetic organic compounds and carp endrocrinology and histology, Las Vegas Wash and Las Vegas and Callville bays of Lake Mead Nevada
Water-Resources Investigations
96-4266
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
H.E. Bevans
M.S. Lico
S.J. Lawrence
1998
Water quality in the Las Vegas Valley area and the Carson and Truckee River basins, Nevada and California, 1992-1996
Circular
1170
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
K.J. Couvay
T.J. Leiker
1998
Synthetic organic compounds in water and bottom sediment from streams, detention basins, and sewage-treatment plant outfalls in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, 1997
Open-File Report
98-633
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
V.A. Cross
D.C. Twichell
2003
Archive of Seismic-Reflection Data Collected During USGS Cruise Lake Mead 00027 in Lake Mead - Nevada, 1-6 June, 2000
Open-File Report
03-004
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
H.R. Gould
1951
Some quantitative aspects of Lake Mead turbidity currents
SEPM Special Publication
No. 2
Tulsa, OK
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
J.F. LaBounty
M.J. Horn
1997
The influence of drainage from the Las Vegas Valley on the limnology of Boulder Basin, Lake Mead, Arizona-Nevada
Journal of Lake and Reservoir Management
v. 13
L.J. Paulson
1981
Nutrient management with hydroelectric dams on the Colorado River
Technical Report
#8
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
Lake Mead Limnological Research Center
A.M. Preissler
G.A. Roach
K.A. Thomas
J.W. Wilson
1998
Water resources data, Nevada, water year 1998
Water Resources Data Nevada
NV-98-1
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
Information unavailable from original metadata.
This dataset is complete for the time period it covers.
The handwritten log books were scanned and converted to PDF format.
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Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.36 flagged. This is necessary to enable the metadata to be successfully harvested for various data catalogs. In some cases, this meant adding text "Information unavailable" or "Information unavailable from original metadata" for those required fields that were left blank. Other minor edits were probably performed (title, publisher, publication place, etc.). Added the bounding coordinates based on the navigation metadata. Added online links to the data in the identification section and the distribution section and also a link to the larger work citation. Added ISO 19115 Topic Category keywords. The standard order process section in the Distribution section was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent.
20170330
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section.
20180720
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Crossref DOI link was added as the first link in the metadata.
20191118
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.
20200908
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
David C. Twichell
U.S. Geological Survey
Oceanographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700 x2266
(508) 457-2310
dtwichell@usgs.gov
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-320/data/pdflogs/2000/00027isi.pdf
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-320/data/pdflogs/2000/00027nav.pdf
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-320/data/pdflogs/2000/00027sei.pdf
00027isi.pdf is the log book for the ISIS acquisition system (sidescan-sonar only). 00027nav.pdf is the log book for the navigation. 00027sei.pdf is the log book for the chirp seismic acquisition (Knudsen).
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20240318
VeeAnn A. Cross
U.S. Geological Survey
Marine Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700 x2251
(508) 457-2310
whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. (updated on 20240318)
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