Dataset description: Grain size, bulk density, and organic carbon of sediment cores from three locations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2017 to 2018

Bed sediment samples were collected in Lindsey Slough in April 2017, and Middle River and the Mokelumne River in March 2018, to analyze for sediment properties, including bulk density, particle size distribution, and percent organic carbon. Sediment samples were collected within the vegetation with push corers deployed from a small vessel, and in the unvegetated channel with a Gomex box corer, which was subsampled with three push cores per Gomex core. Data are provided in a comma-delimited values spreadsheet. These data were collected as part of a cooperative project, with the USGS California Water Science Center and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, on the effects of invasive aquatic vegetation on sediment transport in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Version	1
Keywords	sea-floor characteristics, sediment transport, unconsolidated deposits, carbon, bulk density, dissolved organic compounds, push coring, grab sampling, grain-size analysis
Data types	Geology
Format	comma-delimited text;
Amount	1.4 MB

Contacts

Contact	Jessica R Lacy PCMSC_data@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5ac6a4a3e4b0e2c2dd0e2fd6 https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5ac6a4a3e4b0e2c2dd0e2fd6 https://doi.org/10.5066/P9112AIP
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/DataReleases/ScienceBase/DR_P9112AIP/Delta_GS-BD-C_2017-2018.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2017-616-FA	samples Atterburg samples
2017-675-FA	Gomex Core
2017-675-FA	Push corer Core inserted into the sediment 'by hand'
2018-609-FA	sampling equipment