AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): Other
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Principal Investigator(s): Amy East
Affiliate Investigator(s): Joel Sankey, USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
Information Specialist(s): Amy East
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Site visits in Colorado River corridor to evaluate erosion risk of and sediment supply conditions at archaeological sites.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona
End Port/Location: Phantom Ranch, Arizona
Start Date: 2016-02-16
End Date: 2016-05-05
Equipment Used: navigation
Information to be Derived: Erosion risk assessment.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: USGS not the primary repository of data. Erosion risk assessed with respect to both aeolian sand transport and overland flow (gully erosion) at archaeological sites along the Colorado River corridor. Collected approximately 700 oblique photographs.
Staff: Amy East
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Equipment used included field cameras; platform was motorized rafts owned and operated by USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center. No navigation needed.
Location:
Glen and Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 36.93822104 | South: 36.01319191 | West: -112.11 | East: -111.576 |
Platform(s):
 Raft | Other |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| navigation | --- | Navigation |
