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Monitoring Of Coarse Sediment Inputs To The Colorado River In Grand Canyon
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Monitoring Of Coarse Sediment Inputs To The Colorado River In Grand Canyon |
| Creator | Webb, Robert H.; Griffiths, Peter G. |
| Subject | Sediment control; Sediments (Geology); Organic compounds; Debris avalanches; |
| Coverage | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Colorado River (Wyo.-Utah); Colorado; Grand Canyon (Ariz.); Arizona; Utah; |
| Description | Coarse sediment (particles with an intermediate diameter greater than 64 mm) affects the primary components of the Colorado River ecosystem. The deposition of coarse sediment at tributary junctures builds large debris fans that constrict the river and form rapids. Debris fans, and the debris bars that develop below rapids, provide stable substrate for aquatic organisms, notably the alga Cladophora glomerata. The pool above and recirculating eddy below the debris fan effectively trap fine... |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Date | 2001 |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Webb, Robert H.; Griffiths, Peter G., Monitoring Of Coarse Sediment Inputs To The Colorado River In Grand Canyon, Tucson, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 019-01, 4 p. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS |
| Identifier | http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/252 |
