| Abstract: | The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, collected bathymetric data for the north part of Great Salt Lake during the spring and early summer of 2006 using a single-beam, high-definition fathometer and real-time differential global positioning system. About 5.2 million depth measurements were collected along more than 765 miles (1,230 kilometers) of survey transects. Sound-velocity profiles were obtained in conjunction with the bathymetric data to provide time-of-travel corrections to the depth calculations. Data were processed with commercial hydrographic software and exported into geographic information system (GIS) software for mapping and calculation of area and volume. Area and volume calculations show a maximum area of about 385,000 acres (1,560 square kilometers) and a maximum volume of about 5,693,000 acre-feet (about 7 cubic kilometers) at a water-surface altitude of 4,200 feet (1,280 meters). Minimum natural water-surface altitude of the north part of Great Salt Lake is just below 4,167 feet (1,270 meters) in the area just north of the Union Pacific railroad causeway halfway between Saline and the western edge of the lake. The north part of Great Salt Lake generally grades gradually to the west and north and is bounded by steep scarps along its eastern border. Calculations for area and volume are based on a low altitude of 4,167 feet (1,270 meters) to a high altitude of 4,200 feet (1,280 meters). |
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| ProdID: | 79547 |
| Citation Author: | Baskin, Robert L.; Turner, Jane |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | map, 27 by 27 inches |
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| Citation Public Comments: | In cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands |
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| Citation Series: | Scientific Investigations Map |
| Citation Series Code: | SIM |
| Citation Series Number: | 2954 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Bathymetric Map of the North Part of Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2006; 2006; SIM; 2954; Baskin, Robert L.; Turner, Jane |
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| Text: | Bathymetric Map of the North Part of Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2006; 2006; SIM; 2954; Baskin, Robert L.; Turner, Jane |
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| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2006/2954/ |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_78838.htm |
| Date Other: | Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00 -0600 |
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