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Monitoring Channel Sand Storage in the Colorado River in Grand Canyon
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Monitoring Channel Sand Storage in the Colorado River in Grand Canyon |
| Creator | Jansen, Samuel M. D.; Graf, Julia B.; Marlow Jonathan E.; Fisk, Gregory G. |
| Subject | Sediments (Geology); Water reuse; Water -- Analysis; |
| Coverage | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Colorado; Arizona; Utah; New Mexico; |
| Description | Sandbars provide habitat for plants and wildlife along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon and are commonly the only flat areas among cliffs and boulders where river rafters can camp. As part of the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies, funded and coordinated by the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Geological Survey is monitoring the supply, storage, and movement of sand in Grand Canyon National Park. Before Glen Canyon Dam was built, an average of about 65 million tons of sediment were... |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Date | 1995 |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Jansen, Samuel M. D.; Graf, Julia B.; Marlow Jonathan E.; Fisk, Gregory G., Monitoring Channel Sand Storage in the Colorado River in Grand Canyon: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 120-95, 4 p. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS |
| Identifier | http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/251 |
