AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Principal Investigator(s): Amy East
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Amy East
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Evaluate sediment properties and accumulation rates in area of proposed solar array development.
Vehicle(s): Explorer G62-2733K
Start Port/Location: Blythe, CA
End Port/Location: Blythe, CA
Start Date: 2018-12-26
End Date: 2019-05-31
Equipment Used: Hand-grab sample, Other
Information to be Derived: Grain size of surface and subsurface sediment. Age of subsurface sediment by OSL dating. Measurements of wind speed, direction, rainfall from weather station deployment.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Grain size analysis submitted to FAD by Angela Tan 20190409. Samples stored at University of Washington-Bothell.
Staff: Other
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: OFA funded work (BLM).
TBD where samples will be housed.
Location:
Chuckwalla Valley, Riverside County, California
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 33.60775712 | South: 33.49101672 | West: -114.94104443 | East: -114.72953343 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Gray, H.J., and East, A.E., 2021, Luminescence, weather, and grain-size data from eastern Chuckwalla Valley, Riverside County, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LZ02E4.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand-grab sample | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
