| Abstract: | In 2011, sediment data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Yellowstone River at the location of a proposed bypass chute. The sediment data were collected to provide an understanding of the sediment dynamics of the given reach of the Yellowstone River. Suspended-sediment concentrations collected at the three sites generally decreased with decreasing streamflow. In general, the highest suspendedsediment concentrations were found near the channel bed and towards the center of the channel with lower suspendedsediment concentrations near the channel banks and water surface. Suspended sediment was the primary component of the total sediment load for all three sampling locations on the Yellowstone River and contributed at least 98 percent of the total sediment load at each of the three sites. The amount of bedload measured at the three sites was a smaller load in comparison with the suspended-sediment load. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 70038352 |
| Citation Author: | Hanson, Brent R. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | North Dakota Water Science Center |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 24 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 19 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2012-1042 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Sediment characteristics of the Yellowstone River in the vicinity of a proposed bypass chute near Glendive, Montana, 2011; 2012; OFR; 2012-1042; Hanson, Brent R. |
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| Citation Year: | 2012 |
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| Text: | Sediment characteristics of the Yellowstone River in the vicinity of a proposed bypass chute near Glendive, Montana, 2011; 2012; OFR; 2012-1042; Hanson, Brent R. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr_2012_1042.gif |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1042/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
