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  4. Grain size, bulk density, and organic carbon of sediment cores from San Pablo Bay and Grizzly Bay, California, 2020

Grain size, bulk density, and organic carbon of sediment cores from San Pablo Bay and Grizzly Bay, California, 2020

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2020-01-22
End Date
2020-09-23

Citation

McGill, S.C., Lacy, J.R., Ferreira, J.C.T., Allen, R.M., WinklerPrins, L., and Tan, A.C., 2021, Hydrodynamic and sediment transport data from San Pablo Bay and Grizzly Bay, California, 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9N88U5G

Summary

Bed sediment samples were collected in San Pablo Bay and Grizzly Bays on eight days from January through September 2020, to analyze for sediment properties including bulk density, particle size distribution, and percent organic carbon. Sediment samples were collected from a small vessel near pre-established USGS instrument moorings using a Gomex box corer that was subsampled with three push cores (37 mm in diameter) per Gomex core. Six subsamples were collected from the top 5 centimeters (cm) of each push core, a few push cores included the top 8 cm. The top two subsamples were each 0.5 cm thick, and all following subsamples were each 1 cm thick. Push core samples from the first, third, and fifth centimeter depth were analyzed for [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Originator :
Samantha C Mcgill, Jessica R Lacy, Joanne C. T Ferreira, Rachel M Allen, Lukas (Contractor) T Winklerprins, Angela CML Tan
Metadata Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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ERO20_GS_BD_C_metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
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ERO20_study_area.jpg
“Map of study area showing location of USGS instrument moorings” 		thumbnail 129.86 KB image/jpeg
ERO20_GS_BD_C.csv
“Sediment grain size, bulk density, and carbon data” 		421.36 KB text/csv

Purpose

These data were collected to investigate temporal variability in physical properties of the sediment bed that may influence erodibility. They were collected as part of a collaborative study with the USGS California Water Science Center and the USGS Water Resource Mission Area investigating physical and biological controls on bed erodibility. These data are intended for researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public.
Map of study area showing location of USGS instrument moorings
Map of study area showing location of USGS instrument moorings

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