Field Activity R300GC

Identifier R300GC
Alternate names R-3-00-GC
Purpose Survey time variable sand distributions along the Colorado River
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientist: Roberto Anima. Geophysical data (Kleinsidescan, mudseis, GPS, GPS) of field activity R-3-00-GC in Colorado River/Grand Canyon from 08/28/2000 to 09/05/2000
Location Colorado River/Grand Canyon
Summary Completed side-scan survey of Colorado River/Grand Canyon from Glen Canyon Dam to Diamond Creek
Info derived The distribution of sand size along the Colorado River
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 Roberto Anima (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Dave Hogg (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician Mike Hamer (USGS Western Region) - Gis/navigator Fred Payne (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician Joseph Rios (USGS Western Region) - Pst Kelly Mahoney (Volunteer) - Geologist Lars Neimi - Head Boatman Dennis Harris - Boatman Cindy DiFrancisco - Cook
Projects
Itinerary
Start Glen Canyon Dam 2000-08-28
End Diamond Creek 2000-09-05
Bounds
West -113.37
East -111.46322
North 36.94507
South 35.76981
Activity Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Anima, Roberto
Crew members
Hogg, Dave
Scientist, Staff
Hamer, Michael
Scientist, Staff
Payne, Fred
Scientist, Staff
Rios, Joseph
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Hamer, Michael
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Kelly Mahoney (Volunteer) - Geologist,Lars Neimi - Head Boatman,Dennis Harris - Boatman,Cindy DiFrancisco - Cook

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Kleinsidescan Sidescan 1
GPS Navigation 3
mudseis Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
File list Kleinsidescan Michael Hamer
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Michael Hamer
Global positioning system (GPS) data r-3-00-gc.060 GPS Michael Hamer
Global positioning system (GPS) data r-3-00-gc.061 GPS Provisional best file Michael Hamer

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity