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
Description
Chief Scientist: Dave Rubin. Geophysical and Rotating Sonar and Sampling data (sidescansonar, currentmeter, opticalbackscattersensor, samples) of field activity R-1-96-GC in Grand Canyon, Arizona from 01/01/1996 to 01/01/1996
Location
Arizona
Summary
Sidescan sonar records, current speed, sediment load in water column, sediment samples
Comments
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
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Dave Rubin (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
