Depth and elevation of floodplain fine sediment along the East River near Crested Butte, Colorado measured in 2016 and 2017

Sutfin, Nicholas; Rowland, Joel; Fratkin, Michael

doi:10.15485/1574502

Title: Depth and elevation of floodplain fine sediment along the East River near Crested Butte, Colorado measured in 2016 and 2017

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The depth of floodplain fine sediment was measured at 1,601 points along the East River near Crested Butte, Colorado spanning a study reach approximately 800 m in length in 2016 and 2017. These depths are being used to estimate the volume of floodplain sediment present along the study reach, converted into mass of sediment using bulk density measurements, and finally used to estimate the mass of organic carbon stored in the floodplain based on elemental analysis of percent organic carbon content. Recorded depths include a minimum of 1 cm, a median of 56 cm, a maximum of 175 cm, and a mean with standard deviation of 61 ± 34 cm. This data include a csv file of the coordinates for each point in NAD 83 UTM zone 13, measured sediment depths, distance from the river channel active during 2015 measured using geographic information systems, the elevation of the floodplain surface derived from 0.5-m resolution lidar, and the elevation of the underlying gravel/bedrock surface, and in some cases the distance from the active channel measured in the field along the sampling transect. Also included is an ESRI ArcMap shapefile of the measurement points complete with the data listed above.

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; Fratkin, Michael

Case Western Reserve University
Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Publication Date:: Fri Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2019

Research Org.:: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) (United States); Incorporating the Hydrological Controls on Carbon Cycling in Floodplain Ecosystems into Earth System Models (ESMs)

Sponsoring Org.:: U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Keywords:: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS > FLOOD PLAIN; EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS > RIVER; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL DEPTH

Geolocation:: 38.935939,-106.946306|38.92061,-106.946306|38.92061,-106.967497|38.935939,-106.967497|38.935939,-106.946306

OSTI Identifier:: 1574502

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15485/1574502

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                    Sutfin, Nicholas, Rowland, Joel, and Fratkin, Michael. Depth and elevation of floodplain fine sediment along the East River near Crested Butte, Colorado measured in 2016 and 2017.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Sutfin, Nicholas, Rowland, Joel, & Fratkin, Michael. Depth and elevation of floodplain fine sediment along the East River near Crested Butte, Colorado measured in 2016 and 2017.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/1574502

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                    Sutfin, Nicholas, Rowland, Joel, and Fratkin, Michael. 2019.  
"Depth and elevation of floodplain fine sediment along the East River near Crested Butte, Colorado measured in 2016 and 2017".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/1574502.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1574502. Pub date:Fri Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2019

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  title        = {Depth and elevation of floodplain fine sediment along the East River near Crested Butte, Colorado measured in 2016 and 2017},

  author       = {Sutfin, Nicholas and Rowland, Joel and Fratkin, Michael},

  abstractNote = {The depth of floodplain fine sediment was measured at 1,601 points along the East River near Crested Butte, Colorado spanning a study reach approximately 800 m in length in 2016 and 2017. These depths are being used to estimate the volume of floodplain sediment present along the study reach, converted into mass of sediment using bulk density measurements, and finally used to estimate the mass of organic carbon stored in the floodplain based on elemental analysis of percent organic carbon content. Recorded depths include a minimum of 1 cm, a median of 56 cm, a maximum of 175 cm, and a mean with standard deviation of 61 ± 34 cm. This data include a csv file of the coordinates for each point in NAD 83 UTM zone 13, measured sediment depths, distance from the river channel active during 2015 measured using geographic information systems, the elevation of the floodplain surface derived from 0.5-m resolution lidar, and the elevation of the underlying gravel/bedrock surface, and in some cases the distance from the active channel measured in the field along the sampling transect. Also included is an ESRI ArcMap shapefile of the measurement points complete with the data listed above.},

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