AKA: none
Other ID: W-1-06-PS
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Elwha Dam Removal Project (MU096)
Principal Investigator(s): Amy Draut, Amy East, Jonathan Warrick
Affiliate Investigator(s): Jon Warrick (Santa Cruz, CA) United States Geological Survey
Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Reconnaissance of watershed to identify reaches suitable for sample transects. Conduct photographic transects on river bars.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA
End Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA
Start Date: 2006-04-23
End Date: 2006-04-28
Equipment Used: navigation
Information to be Derived: Grain size of river sediments prior to dam removal.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Suitable river reaches were identified. Preliminary photographic transects were conducted. Grain size measurements were recorded for calibration of photographs.
Staff: Amy Draut, Joshua Logan
Affiliate Staff:
Erin Todd (University of California
Santa Cruz) - Geologist
Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Amy Draut (Santa Cruz, CA) - Chief Scientist United States Geological Survey
Jon Warrick (Santa Cruz, CA) - Chief Scientist United States Geological Survey
Josh Logan (Santa Cruz, CA) - Information Specialist United States Geological Survey
Erin Todd (University of California, Santa Cruz) - Geologist
Location:
Elwha River watershed
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 49.75 | South: 47.25 | West: -125.75 | East: -122.25 |
Platform(s):
Draut, A., 2006, Studying the Elwha River, Washington, in Preparation for Dam Removal: U. S. Geological Survey Sound Waves, November/December 2006, http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2006/11/fieldwork3.html.
East, A.E., Logan, J.B., and Mastin, M.C., 2018, River-channel topography and sediment grain size on the Elwha River, Washington, 2006 to 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release.
Warrick, J.A., George, D.A., Stevens, A.W., Eshleman, J., Gelfenbaum, G., Kaminsky, G.M., Schwartz, A.K., and Bierne, M., 2010, Beach morphology monitoring in the Elwha River littoral cell, 2004-2009: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 288, 64 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/288/.
Warrick, J., 2005, Dam Removal on the Elwha River in Washington - Nearshore Impacts of Released Sediment: U. S. Geological Survey Sound Waves, February 2005, http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2005/02/research.html.
Warrick, J.A., George, D.A., Stevens, A.W., Eshleman, J., Gelfenbaum, G., Kaminsky, G.M., Schwartz, A.K., and Bierne, M., 2007, Beach morphology monitoring in the Elwha River littoral cell, 2004-2006: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 288, 38 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/288/.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| navigation | --- | Navigation |
