AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments (ZP00FDB)
Principal Investigator(s): Amy East
Affiliate Investigator(s): Scott Wright, USGS CA Water Science Center Jenny Curtis, USGS CA Water Science Center
Information Specialist(s): Amy East
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect surface samples of sediment in Klamath estuary, to characterize salmonid habitat.
Vehicle(s): Explorer G62-2733K
Start Port/Location: Klamath, CA
End Port/Location: Klamath, CA
Start Date: 2019-10-15
End Date: 2019-10-18
Equipment Used: GPS, Van Veen
Information to be Derived: sediment grain size
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Approximately 80 samples were collected during the field activity. All samples that are analyzable will analyzed for grain size.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Vessel and equipment are owned and operated by USGS California Water Scinece Center colleagues.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from related Field Activity 2018-680-FA
Location:
Klamath estuary, northern California
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 40.09495047 | South: 38.09495047 | West: -124.08186272 | East: -122.08186272 |
Platform(s):
Other |
East, A.E., Anderson, C.W., Curtis, J.A., Haught, D.R.W., and Wright, S.A., 2021, Sediment grain-size data from the Klamath estuary, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CAZIHJ.
East, A.E., Anderson, C.W., Curtis, J.A., Haught, D.R.W., and Wright, S.A., 2023, Sediment grain-size data from the Klamath estuary, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MAJHNI.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Van Veen | --- | Biology Geology |
