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Grain size and charcoal abundance in sediment samples from Los Padres reservoir, Carmel River watershed, California

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2017-07-13
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2017-07-14
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2017-07-16

Citation

East, A.E., Tan, A.C., Hallas, L., and Williamson, J.L., 2023, Grain size and charcoal abundance in sediment samples from Los Padres reservoir, Carmel River watershed, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9C7NKM4.

Summary

Sediment samples were collected from Los Padres reservoir in the Carmel River watershed, central California coast, between July 11 and 17, 2017, using a CME-45 barge-mounted drill rig, to characterize sedimentary properties in the reservoir deposits following the Soberanes Fire of 2016 and high river flows in winter 2017. Borehole samples were recovered using direct push coring with an Osterberg piston sampler operated by Taber Drilling Company of Sacramento, California, and overseen by AECOM, Inc. Sediment was recovered using a split-barrel sampler and a rotary drill bit was added to the sampler where needed to penetrate coarse sediment. Samples from four boreholes are described in this data release: three sampled at multiple sediment [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Originator :
Amy East, Angela CML Tan, Leticia P Hallas, Jessica (Contractor) L Williamson
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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LosPadres_grainsize_and_charcoal_abundance_metadata.xml
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LosPadres_grainsize_and_charcoal_abundance_data.csv 33.36 KB text/csv

Purpose

Laboratory measurements of sediment grain sizes and charcoal abundance in Los Padres reservoir, Carmel River watershed, California, to characterize post-fire sedimentation history.
Borehole drilling on Los Padres reservoir
Borehole drilling on Los Padres reservoir

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