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Surface-sediment grain-size data from the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, 2013

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Date Collected
2013-05-09
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Stevens, A.W., Gelfenbaum, G., MacMahan, J., Reniers, A.J.H.M., Elias, E.P., Sherwood, C.R., Carlson, E.M., 2017, Oceanographic measurements and hydrodynamic modeling of the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, 2013: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7NG4NS1.

Summary

This portion of the USGS data release presents sediment grain-size data from samples collected from the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, in 2013 (USGS Field Activity Number S-03-13-PS). Surface sediment was sampled using a small ponar, or 'grab', sampler on May 9, 2013 from the F/V Cape Windy at three locations corresponding to sites where instrumented tripods were deployed. A handheld GNSS receiver was used to determine the locations of sediment samples. The grain-size distributions of samples were determined in the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center sediment lab. Approximately 20 g of sediment was sub-sampled and 10 mL of 35 percent hydrogen peroxide was added to remove organic material in the sample. [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Originator :
Andrew Stevens, Guy R Gelfenbaum, Jamie MacMahan, Ad Reniers, Edwin P Elias, Christopher R Sherwood, Emily Carlson
Metadata Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards
SDC Data Owner :
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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mcr13_grainsize_metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
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mcr13_grainsize.png
“Image showing grain-size distributions of samples” 		thumbnail 78.46 KB image/png
mcr13_grainsize.csv
“Grain-size data in comma-delimited text format” 		4.92 KB text/csv

Purpose

These data were collected to characterize surface grain-size distributions at sites where instrumented tripods were deployed in the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, in 2013.
Image showing grain-size distributions of samples
Image showing grain-size distributions of samples

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