“Flying Eyeball” Measures Grand Canyon Sand
Information about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's development of an instrument called the "flying eyeball" to measure river sand, from 1993-2004.
USGS Sound Waves newsletter article:
“Sedimentologic Engineering in Grand Canyon”
Publications by USGS collaborators:
Buscombe, D., 2008, Estimation of grain size distributions and associated parameters from digital images of sediment: Sedimentary Geology, v. 210, i. 1-2, p. 1-10, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.06.007
Buscombe, D., and Masselink, G., 2009, Grain size information from the statistical properties of digital images of sediment: Sedimentology, v. 56, i. 2, p. 421-438, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00977.x
Full-scale poster image file
Below are publications associated with this project.
Comparison of sand distribution between April 1994 and June 1996 along six reaches of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona
Information about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's development of an instrument called the "flying eyeball" to measure river sand, from 1993-2004.
USGS Sound Waves newsletter article:
“Sedimentologic Engineering in Grand Canyon”
Publications by USGS collaborators:
Buscombe, D., 2008, Estimation of grain size distributions and associated parameters from digital images of sediment: Sedimentary Geology, v. 210, i. 1-2, p. 1-10, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.06.007
Buscombe, D., and Masselink, G., 2009, Grain size information from the statistical properties of digital images of sediment: Sedimentology, v. 56, i. 2, p. 421-438, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00977.x
Full-scale poster image file
Below are publications associated with this project.