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A raft with gear on a science field trip on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon

A raft with gear heading downstream into Marble Canyon on a science field trip on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon

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Low Earth Orbit satellite receiver at Fence Fault beach located in Upper Marble Canyon on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite receiver at Fence Fault beach in Upper Marble Canyon on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon

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Multi-decadal sandbar response to flow management downstream from a large dam—The Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in Marble and Grand Canyons, Arizona

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Geomorphology and vegetation change at Colorado River campsites, Marble and Grand Canyons, Arizona

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Hydroacoustic signatures of Colorado Riverbed sediments in Marble and Grand Canyons using multibeam sonar

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A raft containing equipment on a science field trip headed downstream on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon

A raft on a science field trip on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon

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Design of a sediment-monitoring gaging network on ephemeral tributaries of the Colorado River in Glen, Marble, and Grand Canyons, Arizona

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Sandbar response in Marble and Grand Canyons, Arizona, following the 2008 high-flow experiment on the Colorado River

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Characterizing riverbed sediment using high-frequency acoustics 2: scattering signatures of Colorado River bed sediment in Marble and Grand Canyons

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Grain-size evolution in suspended sediment and deposits from the 2004 and 2008 controlled-flood experiments in Marble and Grand Canyons, Arizona

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Geomorphology and Campsite Data, Colorado River, Marble and Grand Canyon, Arizona

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Long-term sandbar monitoring data along the Colorado River in Marble and Grand Canyons, Arizona

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Stage-Discharge Relations for the Colorado River in Glen, Marble, and Grand Canyons, Arizona, 1990-2005

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Photo of the Colorado River running through a canyon lined with rocky debris and green vegetation

Colorado River, Marble Canyon, Arizona

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Historical floods and geomorphic change in the lower Little Colorado River during the late 19th to early 21st centuries

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

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Colorado River campsite monitoring, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 1998-2012

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High elevation sand/cultural Sites: The response of source-bordering aeolian dunefields to the 2012-2016 high flow experiments of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon (Extended Abstract)

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Variation in species-level plant functional traits over wetland indicator status categories

Featured Films and Shorts
Old time video title screen reads "The Survey of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona"

1923 Survey of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona

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Evaluation of intake efficiencies and associated sediment-concentration errors in US D-77 bag-type and US D-96-type depth-integrating suspended-sediment samplers

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Collage of USGS Maps.

Geologic map of the Glen Canyon Dam 30’ x 60’ quadrangle, Coconino County, northern Arizona

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John Wesley Powell, Canyon Geologist

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Colorado River sediment transport: 1. Natural sediment supply limitation and the influence of Glen Canyon Dam

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Gully annealing by aeolian sediment: field and remote-sensing investigation of aeolian-hillslope-fluvial interactions, Colorado River corridor, Arizona, USA

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Nearshore thermal gradients of the Colorado River near the Little Colorado River confluence, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 2010

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Optimal timing of high-flow experiments for sandbar deposition

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Influence of a dam on fine-sediment storage in a canyon river

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Long-term monitoring of sandbars on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon using remote sensing

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Compositional signatures in acoustic backscatter over vegetated and unvegetated mixed sand-gravel riverbeds

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