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Selected Sediment References and Information Sources

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Field Methods

Capel, Paul D., Nacionales, Fernando C., and Larson, Steven J., 1995, Precision of a splitting device for water samples: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-293.

Edwards, Thomas K., and Glysson, G. Douglas, 1998, Field methods for measurement of fluvial sediment; Book 3, Applications of Hydraulics: Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, Book 3, Chapter C2, 80 pgs.

Johnson, Gary P., 1997, Instruction manual for U.S. Geological Survey sediment observations: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-431.

Computational Methods

Koltun, G.F., Gray, John R., and McElhone, T.J., 1994, User's Manual for SEDCALC, A computer Program for Computation of Suspended-Sediment Discharge: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 94-459, 46 pgs.

Porterfield, George, 1972, Computation of fluvial-sediment discharge: Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, Book 3, Chapter C3.

Stevens, Herbert H., Jr., 1985, Computer program for the computation of total sediment discharge: Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, 85-4047.

Stevens, Herbert H., Jr., and Hubbell, David, W., 1986, Computer programs for computing particle-size statistics of fluvial sediments: Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey 86-4141.

Stevens, Herbert H., Jr., and Yang, Chih Ted, 1989, Summary and use of selected fluvial sediment-discharge formulas: Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, 89-4026.

Laboratory Methods

Guy, Harold P., 1969, Laboratory theory and methods for sediment analysis: Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, Book 5, Chapter C1.

General Information

Colby, B.R., 1956, Relationship of sediment discharge to streamflow: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.

Folk, Robert L., 1974, Petrology of sedimentary rocks: Hemphill Publishing Company.

Glysson, G. Douglas, 1987, Sediment-transport curves: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-218.

Guy, Harold P., 1970, Fluvial sediment concepts: Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, Book 3, Chapter C1.

Knott, James M., Glysson, G. Douglas, Malo, Bernard A., and Schroder, LeRoy J., 1993 Quality Assurance Plan for the Collection and Processing of Sediment Data by the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 92-499, 18 pgs.

Other

World River Sediment Yields Database