| Abstract: | This chapter describes equipment and procedures for collection and measurement of fluvial sediment. The complexity of the hydrologic and physical environments and man‘s ever-increasing data needs make it essential for those responsible for the collection of sediment data to be aware of basic concepts involved in processes of erosion, transport, deposition of sediment, and equipment and procedures necessary to representatively collect sediment data.
In addition to an introduction, the chapter has two major sections. The ‘Sediment-Sampling Equipment‘ section encompasses discussions of characteristics and limitations of various models of depth- and point-integrating samplers, single-stage samplers, bed-material samplers, bedload samplers, automatic pumping samplers, and support equipment. The ‘Sediment-Sampling Techniques‘` section includes discussions of representative sampling criteria, characteristics of sampling sites, equipment selection relative to the sampling conditions and needs, depth and point-integration techniques, surface and dip sampling, determination of transit rates, sampling programs and related data, cold-weather sampling, bed-material and bedload sampling, measuring total sediment discharge, and measuring reservoir sedimentation rates. |
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| ProdID: | 4680 |
| Citation Author: | Edwards, Thomas K.; Glysson, G. Douglas |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | viii, 89 p. :ill. ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;Information Services, |
| Citation Series: | Techniques of Water-Resource Investigation |
| Citation Series Code: | TWRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 03-C2 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Field methods for measurement of fluvial sediment; 1999; TWRI; 03-C2; Edwards, Thomas K.; Glysson, G. Douglas |
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| Citation Year: | 1999 |
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| Text: | Field methods for measurement of fluvial sediment; 1999; TWRI; 03-C2; Edwards, Thomas K.; Glysson, G. Douglas |
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| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jun 1998 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;Information Services, |
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