| Title | Sedimentation in Small Active-Margin Estuaries of the Northwestern United States |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 1983 |
| Authors | Peterson, Curt D. |
| Academic Department | School of Oceanography |
| Degree | Ph. D. |
| Pagination | 158 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Doctoral dissertation |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Internet Resources LD4330 1984D .P48, Guin Peterson 1984, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea Bay, bathymetry, geology, Grays Harbor, hydrography, minerals, paleosciences, Salmon River Estuary, sea level, sediment data, sediments, Siletz Bay, Siuslaw Bay, species list, theses, tidal data, Tillamook Bay |
| Notes | The author finds that the sediment composition of northwest coast estuaries can be "correlated with a hydrographic parameter HR (mean tidal-prism volume: mean fluvial discharge rate x 6 hours) computed for each bay." Sedimentation is contrasted in Alsea, Salmon River, Siletz, Siuslaw, and Tillamook bays and Grays Harbor. An overview of the history of sedimentation in Alsea Bay over the last 10,000 years is given. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/vm40xw091 |
