@article {15821,
	title = {The 1997-98 El Nino and erosion on the Oregon coast},
	journal = {Shore \& Beach},
	volume = {66},
	number = {3},
	year = {1998},
	note = {Alsea Spit is one of four "erosion hot spots" mentioned in this article (the others are Port Orford, Cape Lookout State Park on Netarts Spit, and The Capes development).},
	pages = {33-41},
	keywords = {Alsea Spit, coastal hazards, El Nino, erosion, hydrology, physical, sediments, wave data, wave height},
	author = {Komar, Paul}
}
@article {16446,
	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 = {Found correlation between the ratio of mean tidal prism volume to mean fluvial discharge rate x 6 hours and sediment composition in six PNW estuaries. Discusses unusual sedimentation in some estuaries and speculates as to causes. Maps.},
	pages = {p.86-97},
	keywords = {Alsea Estuary, hydrography, sediments},
	author = {Peterson, Curt and Scheidegger, Kenneth and Komar, Paul and Niem, Wendy}
}
