Aggradation and Degradation of Alluvial Sand Deposits, 1965 to 1986, Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (and Executive Summary)
Schmidt JC and Graf JB. 1988. Aggradation and Degradation of Alluvial Sand Deposits, 1965 to 1986, Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (and Executive Summary). Open-File Report 87-555, (Open-File Report 87-561). United States Geological Survey. Tucson, AZ
Alluvial sand deposits along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park are used as campsites and are substrate for vegetation. These are continually altered by the river flows, and the rates of erosion and redeposition vary according to the flows and location with relation to rapids. Fluctuating flows of the river between October 1985 and January 1986, which followed the higher and steadier flows of 1983 to 1985, caused erosion throughout the park.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Schmidt, John; Graf, Julia
- Date of Issue
- 1988-04
- Publisher
- United States Geological Survey
- Units
- GRCA , HIST , WRD
- Keywords
- Alluvium, Campsites, Clastic Rocks, Coconino County (AZ), Colorado River, Dams, Discharge, ehistory, Erosion, Geomorphology, Glen Canyon Dam (AZ), History, Hydrology, Impacts, Mohave County (AZ), NPSRecord, Rivers & Streams, Sediment Transport, Sedimentation, Streamflow, Streams, Survey, Suspended Solids, WRBIB