Data from sediment studies of the Rio Orinoco, Venezuela, August 15-25, 1982
Open-File Report
83-679
By: Carl F. Nordin, R.H. Meade, and C.C. Curtis
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Abstract
Water and suspended-sediment discharges were measured and bed-material samples were collected during August, 1982, at 9 cross sections along a 800-kilometer reach of the Rio Orinoco. Flows varied from approximately 31,000 to 72,000 cubic meters per second, and sediment discharge varied from approximately 1,600 to 8,000 kilograms per second. The bed material is mostly fine to medium sand and almost one-third of the suspended sediment is sand.
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Nordin, C.F., Meade, R., Curtis, C., 1983, Data from sediment studies of the Rio Orinoco, Venezuela, August 15-25, 1982: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-679, iii, 29 p. map ;29 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr83679.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Data from sediment studies of the Rio Orinoco, Venezuela, August 15-25, 1982 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 83-679 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr83679 |
| Year Published | 1983 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | iii, 29 p. map ;29 cm. |