CRBCZO -- Stream Suspended Sediment -- Christina River Basin -- (1993-2012)

OVERVIEW

Description/Abstract

Total suspended solids (TSS) and Volatile Suspended Solids (VSS) from White Clay Creek near the Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA, USA. The purpose is to quantify export of inorganic and organic particulate matter from the 725-hectare watershed. Samples consist of those taken at monthly intervals, normally the first Wednesday of each month regardless of weather or flow conditions and those taken after precipitation events. The monthly samples are manual grab samples collected in 5-L polyethylene “space saver” bottles from a few centimeters below the surface and without disturbance to the stream bed. The event samples were collected in response to precipitation of 20 mm or more using an ISCO automated sampler which collected 1-L samples s in polyethylene bottles at hourly intervals through an intake approximately 20 cm above the bed. Each of approximately four events per year are represented by approximately 10 samples selected from the hourly series to characterize the rise, peak, and falling limb of the hydrograph. Additional events are represented by the three samples nearest peak flow.

Creator/Author

Aufdenkampe, A.K.|Newbold, J.D.|Anderson, B. A.|Richardson, D.| Damiano, S.G.

CZOs

Christina

Contact

Sara G. Damiano, Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311, sdamiano@stroudcenter.org

Subtitle

TSS concentrations and elemental/isotopic composition (starting 2005) of baseflow and stormflow.

SUBJECTS

Disciplines

Water Chemistry|Geomorphology|Biogeochemistry|Hydrology|Geochemistry / Mineralogy

Topics

Stream Suspended Sediment

Keywords

Stroud Water Research Center|Christina River| White Clay Creek

Variables

Solids_ total suspended|carbon to nitrogen molar ratio|carbon_ particulate organic|nitrogen_ particulate organic|nitrogen-15 stable isotope ratio delta

Variables ODM2

Carbon, particulate organic|Carbon to nitrogen molar ratio|Nitrogen, particulate organic|Nitrogen-15|Solids, total suspended

TEMPORAL

Date Start

1993-01-06

Date End

2012-12-05

SPATIAL

Field Areas

Boulton Run|Christina River Basin|Forest Endmember: Spring Brook|White Clay Creek @ SWRC|Construction Endmember: White Clay Creek below landfill|Lower White Clay Creek|Agricultural Endmember: South Branch Doe Run

Location

Christina River Basin

North latitude

39.921867

South latitude

39.699222

West longitude

-75.851669

East longitude

-75.675028

REFERENCE

Citation

Aufdenkampe, A.K.; Newbold, J.D.; Anderson, B. A.; Richardson, D.; Damiano, S.G. (2013). Christina River Basin - Stream Suspended Sediment (1993-2012). Stroud Water Research Center.

Publications of this data

Newbold, J. D., T. L. Bott, L. A. Kaplan, B. W. Sweeney, and R. L. Vannote (1997). Organic matter dynamics in White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. Pages 46 - 50 in J. R. Webster and J. L. Meyers (editors). Stream organic matter budgets. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 16:3-161

Richardson, D. C. (2008). Transport, sources, and quality of seston in a piedmont headwater stream. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Maryland

Richardson, D. C., L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold, and A. K. Aufdenkampe (2009). Temporal dynamics of seston: A recurring nighttime peak and seasonal shifts in composition in a stream ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography 54:344-354

Publications using this data

Karwan, D.L., R. Aalto, A.K. Aufdenkampe, J.D. Newbold, J.E. Pizzuto (2011). Characterization and Source Determination of Stream Suspended Particulate Material in White Clay Creek, USA. Applied Geochemistry 26:5354-5356 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.058

D.L. Karwan, A.K. Aufdenkampe, R. Aalto, J.D. Newbold, J.E. Pizzuto (2011). Within-storm and Seasonal Differences in Particulate Organic Material Composition and Sources in White Clay Creek, USA. American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting, December 4-10, 2011

D.L. Karwan, A.K. Aufdenkampe, R. Aalto, J.D. Newbold, J.E. Pizzuto (2012). Within-storm and Seasonal Differences in Suspended Material Composition and Sources in White Clay Creek, USA. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, February 24-28, 2012

Karwan, D.L. (2012). Sediment Fingerprinting in White Clay Creek and the Christina River Basin Critical Zone Observatory. Invited Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, April 2, 2012

Karwan, D.L. (2012). Characterization and Source Determination of Suspended Particulate Material in White Clay Creek, USA. Invited Seminar, United States Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, January 27, 2012

CZO ID

2474

Related datasets

CRBCZO -- Stream Water Chemistry -- Christina River Basin -- (1977-2017)

CRBCZO -- Stage, Streamflow / Discharge -- White Clay Creek -- (1968-2014)

Award Grant Numbers

National Science Foundation, award # - 0424681

National Science Foundation, award # - 0543526

National Science Foundation, award # - 0724971

National Science Foundation, award # - 1052716