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Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-627-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Renee Takesue

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Site visit to collect sediment samples from the Paria River watershed. Subsequent geochemical analyses will identify the geochemical signature of Paria sediment and used in a mixing model with Colorado River sediment.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Lees Ferry, AZ

End Port/Location: Lees Ferry, AZ

Start Date: 2014-05-28

End Date: 2014-05-30

Equipment Used: Handheld GPS, Hand-grab sample

Information to be Derived: Grain size, sediment geochemical composition.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 75 surface sediment samples.

Staff: Renee Takesue

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Outside funding from the USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.

Location:

Paria River watershed, Utah

Boundaries
North: 37.12788674 South: 36.8525427 West: -112.083 East: -111.57590061

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Handheld GPS --- Navigation
Hand-grab sample --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology

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