100 years of sedimentation study by the USGS
By: G. Douglas Glysson
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Abstract
On January 15, 1889, the U.S. Geological Survey began collecting sediment data on the Rio Grande at Embudo, New Mexico. During the past 100 years the U.S. Geological Survey's Water Resources Division (WRD) has collected daily sediment data at more than 1,200 sites. Projects have addressed the problems associated with reservoir construction, agricultural irrigation projects, energy production, and transport and deposition of pollutants sorbed to sediments. The Survey has been active as a charter member of the Federal Interagency Sediment Project and currently has three full-time hydrologists working on the project. The WRD's sediment-research projects have covered a wide variety of subjects from the fundamental theories of resistance to flow and sediment transport in alluvial channels to lunar erosion mechanisms.
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Glysson, G.D., 1989, 100 years of sedimentation study by the USGS, Sediment Transport Modeling: Proceedings of the International Symposium, New Orleans, LA, USA, 14 August 1989 through 18 August 1989, p. 260-265.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | 100 years of sedimentation study by the USGS |
| ISBN | 0872627187 |
| Year Published | 1989 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Publ by ASCE |
| Publisher location | New York, NY, United States |
| First page | 260 |
| Last page | 265 |
| Conference Title | Sediment Transport Modeling: Proceedings of the International Symposium |
| Conference Location | New Orleans, LA, USA |
| Conference Date | 14 August 1989 through 18 August 1989 |