Summary for Field Activity Number 2000-030-FA

Alternate Leg ID: IB E-30-00-WA

Area of Operations: John Day Reservoir, Columbia River, Washington, Oregon, United States, North America

Dates: September 13, 2000 to September 28, 2000

Objectives: High-resolution seismic reflection, sidescan mapping, and sediment sampling of reservoir floor to determine the amount, distribution and types of sediment being trapped. These data are important to understanding changes in salmon spawning grounds and to quantifying changes in sediment supply to the coast.

Type of Activity: Sampling
Seismic profiling
Sea floor mapping
Photography

Information to be derived: Grain size analysis
Sea Floor Map
Bathymetric Maps
Morphology

Summary: Sidescan sonar: 287.7km; Sub-bottom: 287.7km; Video transects: 48; Sediment samples: 41; Bottom photos: 130

USGS Project Number: 7440-33780

Contact: Dave Twichell (dtwichell@usgs.gov)

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:
photo of ESTERO
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The following materials for this field activity are available in the Information Archives:

Data and publications on CD-ROM/DVD-ROM:

Inventory ## per setData TypeContentsAuthorYearReport #FormatTitleRemarks
181201/02GEOLVIDEO TRANSECTS STA 1-24TWICHELL D20031202INTERNAL ARCHIVE VIDEO TRANSECTS ESTR 00030 JOHN DAY RESERVOIR, WA SEP 13-28, 2000
181302/02GEOLVIDEO TRANSECTS STA 25-48TWICHELL D20031202INTERNAL ARCHIVE VIDEO TRANSECTS ESTR 00030 JOHN DAY RESERVOIR, WA SEP 13-28, 2000
237001/01PublicationVID,SAMP,SSS,SUBBTMCROSS V, TWICHELL D200409152004-1014GEOPHYSICAL SEDIMENTOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC DATA JOHN DAY RESERVOIR WA, OR; DATA ARCHIVE PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION