Design and Maintenance of a Network for Collecting High-Resolution Suspended- Sediment Data at Remote Locations on Rivers, with Examples from the Colorado River

Griffiths, Ronald E; Topping, David J; Andrews, Timothy; Bennett, Glenn E; Sabol, Thomas A; Melis, Theodore S

ISBN 10: 1500297593 / ISBN 13: 9781500297596

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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• Title: Design and Maintenance of a Network for Collecting High-Resolution Suspended- Sediment Data at Remote Locations on Rivers, with Examples from the Colorado River
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1500297593
• ISBN 13: 9781500297596
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Management of sand and finer sediment in fluvial settings has become increasingly important for reasons ranging from endangered-species habitat to transport of sediment-associated contaminants. In all rivers, some fraction of the suspended load is transported as washload, and some as suspended bed material. Typically, the washload is composed of silt-and-clay- size sediment, and the suspended bed material is composed of sand-size sediment. In most rivers, as a result of changes in the upstream supply of silt and clay, large, systematic changes in the concentration of the washload occur over time, independent of changes in water discharge.