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A sand budget for Marble Canyon, Arizona: implications for long-term monitoring of sand storage change

August 28, 2013
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Recent U.S. Geological Survey research is providing important insights into how best to monitor changes in the amount of tributary-derived sand stored on the bed of the Colorado River and in eddies in Marble Canyon, Arizona. Before the construction of Glen Canyon Dam and other dams upstream, sandbars in Glen, Marble, and Grand Canyons were replenished each year by sediment-rich floods. Sand input into the Colorado River is crucial to protecting endangered native fish, animals, and plants and cultural and recreational resources along the river in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Grand Canyon National Park.

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Publication Year 2013
Title A sand budget for Marble Canyon, Arizona: implications for long-term monitoring of sand storage change
DOI 10.3133/fs20133074
Authors Paul E. Grams
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Fact Sheet
Series Number 2013-3074
Index ID fs20133074
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Southwest Biological Science Center

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Paul Grams, Ph.D.

Research Hydrologist
Southwest Biological Science Center
Phone
928-556-7385

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