Sediment Projects
Sediment Loads From the Upper Copeland Creek Watershed
2012-present
Due to the erosive geology in the headwaters of Copeland Creek, the tiny watershed (only 5.1 square miles) produces an astonishing amount of sediment. How much and what kind of sediment are produced? Where does it come from? How has the amount and type of sediment changed with settlement?
This project is in development (Fall 2012).
Photo: Landslides of the Copeland Creek Watershed. Copeland Creek Watershed Assessment, 2004
Sedimentation Rates in Fairfield Osborn Preserve Marsh
Fall 2012
A marsh at the Fairfield Osborn Preserve has been gradually filling with sediment. We quantify rates of sedimentation and successional infilling by dating cores taken from the marsh.
Photo: Kristi Yost 2012