United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Water Resources Division Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
AN INVENTORY OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT STATIONS AND TYPE OF DATA ANALYSIS FOR PENNSYLVANIA STREAMS United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Water Resources Division Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Open-File Report 1972 AN INVENTORY OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT STATIONS AND TYPE OF DATA ANALYSIS FOR PENNSYLVANIA STREAMS 1947-70 By Arthur N. Ott and Allen B. Commings United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Water Resources Division Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Open-File Report 1972 CONTENTS Page Introduction5 1 Published sediment data 5 4 Measurement and analysis of suspended sediment samples 5 4 Definition of terms 5 4 Station name and location 5 4 Station number 5 4 Drainage area 5 4 Period of record 5 5 Sampling frequency 5 5 Sediment transport curve 5 5 Sediment concentration frequency 5 5 Sediment trend analysis 5 5 Particle size 5 5 Alphabetical list of sediment stations with type of sediment data available 5 8 List of sediment stations in downstream order 5 19 References 5 24 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Map showing location of suspended sediment stations in Pennsylvania, 1947-70, exclusive of the lower Delaware River basin 5 2 2.Map showing location of suspended sediment stations in the lower Delaware River basin, Pennsylvania, 1947-705 3 3.Sediment transport curve with selected data showing relation of sediment discharge to water discharge, Juniata River at Newport, 1951-705 6 4.Double mass accumulation of annual suspended sediment discharge versus water discharge, Juniata River at Newport, 1951-705 7 II AN INVENTORY OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT STATIONS AND TYPE OF DATA ANALYSIS FOR PENNSYLVANIA STREAMS, 1947-70 Arthur N.
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