Borehole Erosion Test data, Lower American and Sacramento Rivers, California, 2019 (ver. 3.0, July 2020)
August 10, 2021
Borehole erosion tests were performed to quantify sediment erosion rates as a function of depth below grade and flow speed at locations along the Sacramento and American Rivers in 2019. The dataset consists of: - borehole caliper files describing the initial geometry of the borehole, and its shape after each test flow event, - where available, a digital time series describing discharge into the hole - where available, a digital time series describing water level in the water supply tank - log sheets with details such as test location, date, and personnel - digital log sheets in .pdf format include field-based and laboratory-based soil classification data, see "Drilling log file explanation.txt" for explanation of fields in log sheets. The data have been interpreted to describe erosion rate as a function of location, depth, and flow speed. Ref: Briaud, J.-L., Chedid, M., Chen, H.-C., and Shidlovskaya, A., 2017. Borehole Erosion Test. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng., American Society of Civil Engineers, 143(8): 04017037.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 2021 |
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Title | Borehole Erosion Test data, Lower American and Sacramento Rivers, California, 2019 (ver. 3.0, July 2020) |
DOI | 10.5066/P96MCT2Q |
Authors | Paul A Work, Daniel N Livsey |
Product Type | Data Release |
Record Source | USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) |
USGS Organization | Sacramento Projects Office (USGS California Water Science Center) |
Rights | This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal |
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