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Bed-material characteristics of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, California, 2010–13

Data Series 1026
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1026

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Abstract

The characteristics of bed material at selected sites within the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, California, during 2010–13 are described in a study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation. During 2010‒13, six complete sets of samples were collected. Samples were initially collected at 30 sites; however, starting in 2012, samples were collected at 7 additional sites. These sites are generally collocated with an active streamgage. At all but one site, a separate bed-material sample was collected at three locations within the channel (left, right, and center). Bed-material samples were collected using either a US BMH–60 or a US BM–54 (for sites with higher stream velocity) cable-suspended, scoop sampler. Samples from each location were oven-dried and sieved. Bed material finer than 2 millimeters was subsampled using a sieving riffler and processed using a Beckman Coulter LS 13–320 laser diffraction particle-size analyzer. To determine the organic content of the bed material, the loss on ignition method was used for one subsample from each location. Particle-size distributions are presented as cumulative percent finer than a given size. Median and 90th-percentile particle size, and the percentage of subsample mass lost using the loss on ignition method for each sample are also presented in this report.

Suggested Citation

Marineau, M.D., and Wright, S.A., 2017, Bed-material characteristics of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, California, 2010–13: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1026, 55 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1026.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Purpose and Scope
  • Description of the Study Area
  • Methods
  • Bed-Material Sample Collection
  • Collection of Supplemental Bed-Material Samples
  • Sample Preparation
  • Particle-Size Distribution Analysis
  • Comparison of Sieving and Analyzer Methods
  • Particle-Size Distribution Using the Analyzer
  • Replicate Analyzer Measurements
  • Samples Containing Coarse Material
  • Loss on Ignition
  • Results
  • References Cited
  • Appendix 1
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Bed-material characteristics of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, California, 2010–13
Series title Data Series
Series number 1026
DOI 10.3133/ds1026
Year Published 2017
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) California Water Science Center
Description vi, 55 p.
Country United States
State California
Other Geospatial Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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