print email comment close Sand in the Grand Canyon: Two U.S. Geological Survey Studies URL: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/grandcan/twostudies.html Description: Information about how "a controlled flood was held during late March and early April of 1996 to help researchers determine if periodic large releases of water from Glen Canyon Dam can rebuild sandbars and restore other habitats [along the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River] that have deteriorated since the dam's completion in 1963." Includes discussion of the studies of sandbar formation and sand distribution. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) LII Database Information: Record 25601 created by Maria Brandt on 03/03/2008 Last modification on 03/03/2008 Published: 03/06/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25601