Estimating Riverbed Sand Thickness Using CHIRP Sonar: Case Study from the Colorado River in Grand Canyon


Andrew Schuyler Platt1, Daniel Buscombe1, Ryan C Porter1, Paul Grams2, Brandon J McElroy3 and Katherine A Chapman4, (1)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, United States, (3)University of Wyoming, Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States