Fluvial sediment concepts
Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations
03-C1
By: Harold P. Guy
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Abstract
This report is the first of a series concerned with the measurement of and recording of information about fluvial sediment and with related environmental data needed to maintain and improve basic sediment knowledge. Concepts presented in this report involve (1) the physical characteristics of sediment which include aspects relative 'to weathering, soils, resistance to erosion, and particle size, (2) sediment erosion, transport, and deposition characteristics, which include aspects relative to fine sediment and overland flow, coarse sediment and streamflow, variations in stream sediment concentration, deposition, and denudation, (3) geomorphic considerations, which include aspects relative to the drainage basin, mass wasting, and channel properties, (4) economic aspects, and (5) data needs and program objectives to be attained through the use of several kinds of sediment records.
Suggested Citation
Guy, H., 1970, Fluvial sediment concepts: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 03-C1, vii, 55 p. :illus. ;26 cm. Reprinted in 1978, 1989., https://doi.org/10.3133/twri03C1.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Fluvial sediment concepts |
| Series title | Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations |
| Series number | 03-C1 |
| DOI | 10.3133/twri03C1 |
| Year Published | 1970 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Government Printing Office, |
| Description | vii, 55 p. :illus. ;26 cm. Reprinted in 1978, 1989. |