Annual floodplain sediment deposition recorded using feldspar clay marker horizons along the East River, Colorado, 2015-2017

Sutfin, Nicholas; Rowland, Joel

doi:10.15485/1577279

Title: Annual floodplain sediment deposition recorded using feldspar clay marker horizons along the East River, Colorado, 2015-2017

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White feldspar clay was placed along 24 transects defining a ~9-km long study reach along the meandering snowmelt-dominated East River in Colorado, USA. Feldspar markers horizons were placed in the fall of 2015 and 2016 along transects with the space between them increasing with distance from the channel. Depths of floodplain deposition were measured the following summers of 2016 and 2017 following annual peak flow after peak snowmelt. This dataset includes individual and average measurements made in the field along with coordinates in NAD 83 UTM Zone 13.

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Publication Date:: 2019-11-15

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 > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS > RIVER; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS > FLOOD PLAIN; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS > POINT BAR

Geolocation:: 38.936196,-106.90379|38.877501,-106.90379|38.877501,-106.970337|38.936196,-106.970337|38.936196,-106.90379

OSTI Identifier:: 1577279

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15485/1577279

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                    Sutfin, Nicholas, and Rowland, Joel. Annual floodplain sediment deposition recorded using feldspar clay marker horizons along the East River, Colorado, 2015-2017.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Sutfin, Nicholas, & Rowland, Joel. Annual floodplain sediment deposition recorded using feldspar clay marker horizons along the East River, Colorado, 2015-2017.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/1577279

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                    Sutfin, Nicholas, and Rowland, Joel. 2019.  
"Annual floodplain sediment deposition recorded using feldspar clay marker horizons along the East River, Colorado, 2015-2017".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/1577279.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1577279. Pub date:Fri Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2019

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  title        = {Annual floodplain sediment deposition recorded using feldspar clay marker horizons along the East River, Colorado, 2015-2017},

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

  abstractNote = {White feldspar clay was placed along 24 transects defining a ~9-km long study reach along the meandering snowmelt-dominated East River in Colorado, USA. Feldspar markers horizons were placed in the fall of 2015 and 2016 along transects with the space between them increasing with distance from the channel. Depths of floodplain deposition were measured the following summers of 2016 and 2017 following annual peak flow after peak snowmelt. This dataset includes individual and average measurements made in the field along with coordinates in NAD 83 UTM Zone 13.},

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