Surficial sediment samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey within the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario, Canada, 2008 (ESRI VECTOR SHAPEFILE, 08016_SAMPLE.SHP)

In 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted a geophysical and sampling survey of the riverbed of the Upper St. Clair River between Port Huron, MI, and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The objectives were to define the Quaternary geologic framework of the St. Clair River to evaluate the relationship between morphologic change of the riverbed and underlying stratigraphy. This report presents the geophysical and sample data collected from the St. Clair River, May 29-June 6, 2008 as part of the International Upper Great Lakes Study, a 5-year project funded by the International Joint Commission of the United States and Canada to examine whether physical changes in the St. Clair River are affecting water levels within the upper Great Lakes, to assess regulation plans for outflows from Lake Superior, and to examine the potential effect of climate change on the Great Lakes water levels ( http://www.iugls.org). This document makes available the data that were used in a separate report, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1137, which detailed the interpretations of the Quaternary geologic framework of the region. This report includes a description of the suite of high-resolution acoustic and sediment-sampling systems that were used to map the morphology, surficial sediment distribution, and underlying geology of the Upper St. Clair River during USGS field activity 2008-016-FA . Video and photographs of the riverbed were also collected and are included in this data release. Future analyses will be focused on substrate erosion and its effects on river-channel morphology and geometry. Ultimately, the International Upper Great Lakes Study will attempt to determine where physical changes in the St. Clair River affect water flow and, subsequently, water levels in the Upper Great Lakes.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
bureauCode {010:12}
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_@id https://ddi.doi.gov/usgs-data.json
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/usgs-db707eaf-53bd-41b2-b1ce-e0e8d7b1bd10
metadata_type geospatial
modified 2024-03-18T00:00:00Z
old-spatial -82.423153, 42.975177, -82.404699, 43.012293
publisher U.S. Geological Survey
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash e07d42bd4055f246325cc904373a92f69598e11b303770b4419394acaffe4351
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-82.423153, 42.975177], [-82.423153, 43.012293], [ -82.404699, 43.012293], [ -82.404699, 42.975177], [-82.423153, 42.975177]]]}
theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • canada
  • cmgp
  • coastal-and-marine-geology-program
  • esri-shapefile
  • geology
  • geoscientificinformation
  • geospatial-datasets
  • grab-sample
  • grain-size
  • grain-size-analysis
  • great-lakes
  • inlandwaters
  • lake-huron
  • lakebed-characteristics
  • location
  • michigan
  • navigation
  • navigational-data
  • north-america
  • ontario
  • seabed-observation-and-sampling-system
  • seaboss
  • sediment
  • st-clair-river
  • u-s-geological-survey
  • united-states
  • upper-great-lakes
  • upper-st-clair-river
  • usgs
  • usgs-db707eaf-53bd-41b2-b1ce-e0e8d7b1bd10
  • usgs-r-v-rafael
  • van-veen-grab-sampler
  • whcmsc
  • whcmsc-field-activity-serial-number-08016
  • woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Jane Denny
maintainer_email jdenny@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-23T14:22:53.742972
metadata_modified 2025-09-23T14:22:53.742978
notes In 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted a geophysical and sampling survey of the riverbed of the Upper St. Clair River between Port Huron, MI, and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The objectives were to define the Quaternary geologic framework of the St. Clair River to evaluate the relationship between morphologic change of the riverbed and underlying stratigraphy. This report presents the geophysical and sample data collected from the St. Clair River, May 29-June 6, 2008 as part of the International Upper Great Lakes Study, a 5-year project funded by the International Joint Commission of the United States and Canada to examine whether physical changes in the St. Clair River are affecting water levels within the upper Great Lakes, to assess regulation plans for outflows from Lake Superior, and to examine the potential effect of climate change on the Great Lakes water levels ( http://www.iugls.org). This document makes available the data that were used in a separate report, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1137, which detailed the interpretations of the Quaternary geologic framework of the region. This report includes a description of the suite of high-resolution acoustic and sediment-sampling systems that were used to map the morphology, surficial sediment distribution, and underlying geology of the Upper St. Clair River during USGS field activity 2008-016-FA . Video and photographs of the riverbed were also collected and are included in this data release. Future analyses will be focused on substrate erosion and its effects on river-channel morphology and geometry. Ultimately, the International Upper Great Lakes Study will attempt to determine where physical changes in the St. Clair River affect water flow and, subsequently, water levels in the Upper Great Lakes.
num_resources 2
num_tags 43
title Surficial sediment samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey within the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario, Canada, 2008 (ESRI VECTOR SHAPEFILE, 08016_SAMPLE.SHP)