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  <dc:contributor>Patrick P. Rasmussen</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Teri L. Cline</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Lori M. Pigue</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Holly R. Wagner</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>David C. Heimann</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2010</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Suspended-sediment data from 18 selected surface-water monitoring stations in the lower Missouri River Basin downstream from Gavins Point Dam were used in the computation of annual suspended-sediment and suspended-sand loads for 1976 through 2008. Three methods of suspended-sediment load determination were utilized and these included the subdivision method, regression of instantaneous turbidity with suspended-sediment concentrations at selected stations, and regression techniques using the Load Estimator (LOADEST) software. Characteristics of the suspended-sediment and streamflow data collected at the 18 monitoring stations and the tabulated annual suspended-sediment and suspended-sand loads and yields are presented.&#13;
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  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3133/ds530</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Characteristics of sediment data and annual suspended-sediment loads and yields for selected lower Missouri River mainstem and tributary stations, 1976-2008</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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