@article {12711,
	title = {Sediment composition and hydrography in six high-gradient estuaries of the Northwestern United States},
	journal = {Journal of sedimentary petrology},
	volume = {54},
	number = {1},
	year = {1984},
	note = {Quantified beach- and river-derived sands and relative abundance of fine and coarse sand in six estuaries on the U.S. West Coast. Found correlation between the ratio of mean tidal prism volume to mean fluvial discharge rate x 6 hours and sediment composition in six Pacific Northwest estuaries. Discusses unusual sedimentation in some estuaries and speculates as to causes. },
	pages = {p.86-97},
	keywords = {Alsea Bay, hydrography, Salmon River Estuary, sediments, Siletz Bay, Siuslaw Bay, Tillamook Bay},
	author = {Peterson, Curt and Scheidegger, Kenneth and Komar, Paul and Niem, Wendy}
}
