Dataset description: Properties of sediment collected from channels in northern San Francisco Bay, California, 2024

Bed sediment samples were collected from the channels of 4 sites within northern San Francisco Bay, California, USA. The channels sampled were located in Corte Madera Bay, San Pablo Bay, Grizzly Bay and Suisun Bay. Sediment samples were collected with push cores, by subsampling a Gomex box corer. Cores, which ranged in length from 2 to 6 centimeters (cm), were sectioned by depth. The top two sections from each core were 1 cm thick, the following sections were 2 cm thick. Samples were analyzed for sediment properties including bulk density, particle size distribution, and percent carbon.

Keywords	sea-floor characteristics, sediment transport, sediment transport, unconsolidated deposits, carbon, bulk density, push coring, grab sampling, grain-size analysis
Data types	Geology
Format	comma-delimited text;
Amount	29 KB

Contacts

Contact	Samantha C McGill PCMSC_data@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data-releases/datarelease/10.5066-P13Y6KYK/ https://doi.org/10.5066/P13Y6KYK
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/DataReleases/CMGDS_DR_tool/DR_P13Y6KYK/NorthBayChannelCores_BD_GS_C_Metadata.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2024-638-FA	Gomex Core