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FIELD METHODS FOR MEASUREMENTS OF FLUVIAL SEDIMENT
1. Purpose and objectives
To describe field methods of collecting water samples for the determination of fluvial sediment and bedload discharge.
The introduction describes sediment characteristics, source and
transport, and needs for sediment data. The principal sections are on
sediment-sampling equipment and sediment-sampling techniques.
A river carrying sediment.
Water and bedload samples and water-discharge data for use in
computing fluvial sediment transport.
5. Operational requirements and restrictions
The collection of reliable sediment data requires a high degree of co-ordination of all activities ranging from field data collection to laboratory analysis to computation of fluvial sediment transport over time.
6. Form of presentation
Manual in English.
7. Operational experience
8. Originator and technical support
U.S. Geological Survey.
From the HOMS National Reference Centre for USA.
10. Conditions on use
|(First entered: 25 AUG 87||
Last updated: 20 SEP 88)