Data collection for a time-of-travel and dispersion study on the Coosa River near Childersburg, Alabama
Open-File Report
85-411
By: R. A. Gardner
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Abstract
Approximately 2,300 dye-tracer samples were collected and analyzed during a 5-day time-of-travel study on a 23-mile reach of the Coosa River between Logan Martin and Lay dams near Childersburg, Alabama, October 27 to 31, 1984. Rhodamine WT was used as the tracer-dye. Unsteady flow conditions prevailed in the study reach. The rate of movement of the dye cloud between sampling cross sections ranged from 0.15 to 1.36 feet per second. The average rate of movement of the dye cloud between the injection cross section and the downstream sampling cross section was 0.42 foot per second.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Data collection for a time-of-travel and dispersion study on the Coosa River near Childersburg, Alabama |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 85-411 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr85411 |
| Year Published | 1985 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | iv, 61 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| City | Childersburg |
| Other Geospatial | Coosa River |
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