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The internal structure of sand bars on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, as determined by ground-penetrating radar
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The internal structure of sand bars on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, as determined by ground-penetrating radar |
| Creator | Barnhardt, Walter; Kayen, Robert; Rubin, David; Minasian, Diane |
| Subject | Sediment transport; Hydrology; Ground penetrating radar; Sand bars; |
| Coverage | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Grand Canyon (Ariz.); Colorado; Arizona; New Mexico; Nevada; Utah; |
| Description | High-resolution, subsurface imagery from ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has revealed the internal structure of sand bars at seven sites on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Based on reconnaissance-level surveys, we recognized three stratigraphic units and several intervening unconformities. Unit A, which exhibits hyperbolic reflections and always occurs at the base of the section, is interpreted as bedrock and/or talus. Unit B is a commonly observed sand deposit that overlies unit A and is... |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Date | 2001 |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source |
Barnhardt, Walter; Kayen, Robert; Rubin, David; Minasian, Diane,The internal structure of sand bars on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, as determined by ground-penetrating radar, Menlo Park, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2001-425, 13 p. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS |
| Identifier | http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/215 |
