Done with this summer's Sandy River research. The group this year included 5 interns from the National Center for Earth surface Dynamics' summer research program - a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), and one of last year's interns who came back as my graduate assistant. All in all a good group who worked their tails off.
We did a lot of surveying of several stretches of the river (see below)
And counted a lot of rocks. For the research we need to know how much of a certain bar is made up of rocks of different sizes. To figure this out we walk around the bars measuring the rocks on the top, and then dig big holes to measure the rocks inside the bars. Each of our holes ended up holding just over one ton of rocks. These were days when we were happy to have a cool river nearby to dive in and cool off.
That is it for the Sandy River this summer. Next its back to Oregon in October for a professional meeting (Geological Society of America) where I will help in leading a field trip to the Sandy River. After that, its back for more winter work during the big storms. Stay posted.....
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