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Particle size distribution data from U.S. Army Base Fort Drum, Jefferson County, New York, 2023

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2023-04-01
End Date
2023-09-14

Citation

Colip, G.D., and Graham, B.L., 2024, Particle size distribution data from U.S. Army Base Fort Drum, Jefferson County, New York, 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P134Y52G.

Summary

The dataset documents results from particle size analysis (PSA) conducted on a suite of sediment samples from U.S. Army Base Fort Drum, Jefferson County, New York. Most of the PSA samples were collected from representative cells in a series of five portable optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) grids, here denoted G1 through G5, to constrain variations in grain size. These samples were also collected in conjunction with OSL for absolute chronology. In the lab, PSA was conducted using sieving equipment housed in the Bascom Laser Diffraction Sedimentology Laboratory at the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia. Subsamples from G3 and G4 were also analyzed for elemental concentrations via inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Grant D Colip
Process Contact :
Grant D Colip
Metadata Contact :
Grant D Colip
Originator :
Grant D Colip, Brandon Graham
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Data Owner :
Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
USGS Mission Area :
Core Science Systems

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FD23_DataDictionary.csv 2.44 KB text/csv
FD23_ParticleSizeData.csv 9.68 KB text/csv
FortDrum_12D_Outcrop.jpeg
“Sediment outcrop in training area 12D at U.S. Army Base Fort Drum, NY”
thumbnail 2.94 MB image/jpeg

Purpose

The grain size data collected in this study will be used to enhance our understanding of the sedimentology of Fort Drum and associated map units. This dataset provides improved detail on the impacts of grain size on OSL results and allows for the quantification of sediment transport properties.

Rights

This work is marked with Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

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