Field Activity Details for field activity R196GC

AKA: none

Other ID: R-1-96-GC,R1-96-GC

Status: Completed

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Funding Program(s): Grand Canyon Sedimentologic Engineering (MU125)

Principal Investigator(s): Dave Rubin

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Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Rafting trip down the Colorado River to study flow and transport during experimental flood release from Glen Canyon Dam using rotating sidescan sonar, tracking dune migration as indication of bedload transport rate; current speed fluctuations; using OBS to study sediment load fluctuations

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Start Date: 1996-01-01

End Date: 1996-01-01

Equipment Used: currentmeter, opticalbackscattersensor, samples, 200khz, navigation, sidescansonar

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Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sidescan sonar records, current speed, sediment load in water column, sediment samples

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Notes: Physical data holdings
Associated activities with Grand Canyon Sedimentologic Engineering: R-1-96-GC R-2-96-GC R-1-97-GC Associated activities with Colorado Sand distribution Monitoring: R-1-94-GC R-1-98-GC R-1-99-GC R-1-00-GC R-3-00-GC R-4-00-GC

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Dave Rubin (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

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Arizona

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