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  4. Water Quality Data from Select Spring and Stream Sites in Grand Canyon, Northern Arizona

Water Quality Data from Select Spring and Stream Sites in Grand Canyon, Northern Arizona

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2016
End Date
2017

Citation

Unema, J.A., Anderson, J.R., Chapin, T.P., and Tillman, F.D, 2020, Water Quality Data from Select Spring and Stream Sites and Water and Sediment Quality Data from the Colorado River and Major Tributaries in Grand Canyon, Northern Arizona (ver. 2.0, April 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RTT4AB.

Summary

This USGS Data Release represents water and sediment quality data collected in the Grand Canyon region of northern Arizona. This dataset comprises water quality results from spring and stream sites in Grand Canyon that were sampled through a cooperative effort by U.S. National Park Service (NPS) personnel during 2016 and 2017. NPS personnel collected water samples from spring and stream sites in Grand Canyon. Water samples were filtered using a syringe and 0.45 µm filter and preserved with nitric acid. Filtered and preserved samples were analyzed by the USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center Laboratory for a suite of elements using inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) methods (Wolf & Adams, [...]

Contacts

Contact :
Fred D Tillman
Metadata Contact :
Julian A Heilman
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
SDC Data Owner :
Arizona Water Science Center
Originator :
Joel A Unema, Jessica R Anderson, Thomas Chapin, Fred D Tillman

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NPS_GCNP_spring_stream_chemistry_results_ScienceBase_07-20-2020_metadata.xml
“Metadata for GCNP water quality results from NPS collected samples”
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NPS_GCNP_spring_stream_chemistry_results_ScienceBase_07-20-2020.xlsx
“GCNP water quality results from NPS collected samples” 		60.27 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Purpose

Groundwater and surface water sites in the Grand Canyon region are monitored in order to better understand potential changes in water and sediment chemistry that may be related to breccia-pipe uranium mining in the area. This data release was produced in compliance with 'open data' requirements as a way to make the scientific data associated with USGS research efforts and publications available to the public.

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NPS personnel collected water samples from surface water and spring sites in Grand Canyon. Some samples were analyzed for cations by the USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center Laboratory and some samples were analyzed for anions by the USGS Trace Metal Laboratory.

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