@mastersthesis {83194,
	title = {Cementation and Groundwater Chemistry in Pleistocene Paleodune Deposits of the Central Oregon Coast},
	year = {2023},
	note = {Anyone who has driven along the Oregon coast has seen roadside deposits of light-colored rock close to the soil surface that looks like sand.  These are actually ancient sand dunes. Pleistocene paleodunes have some cementation, but often display slope instability. {\textquotedblleft}Weakening of cementing agents via changes to groundwater conditions due to altered vegetation, climate change, or contamination, for example, could promote slope instability, threatening lives and infrastructure. This study aims to investigate the variability in the type and degree of cementation and to determine how they are affected by changes in groundwater conditions{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract). This interesting study addresses the Newport dune sheet, extending from Johnson Creek in the north to Yachats in the south. PSU Dissertations and Theses. Paper 6309.},
	pages = {118 p.},
	school = {Portland State University},
	type = {Masters Thesis},
	edition = {M.S.},
	chapter = {Dept. of Geology},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {Agate Beach, Alsea Bay, Beaver Creek, Beverly Beach, chemistry, coastal hazards, Driftwood Beach, erosion, geology, Johnson Creek Landslide, landslides, Ona Beach, paleosciences, Seal Rock, sediments, Yaquina Bay},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.8163},
	url = {https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39676 },
	author = {Stephens, Adrienne Lynn}
}
@mastersthesis {83197,
	title = {Biogeochemical Signals of Mountainous Forested Watersheds{\textquoteright} Response to Disturbance},
	year = {2018},
	note = {A large quantity of small particles of organic matter in rivers comes from small mountainous streams. Thus, small mountainous watersheds play a critical role in the carbon cycle. Some organic matter export is driven by natural causes: fire, landslides, floods, while in recent years most particulate export has come from anthropogenic causes such as logging and road-building. {\textquotedblleft}In this dissertation, we studied patterns of POM [particulate organic matter] mobilization, transport, and deposition to understand better how fundamental biogeochemical processes in forested mountainous watersheds respond to disturbances triggered by natural and human forcings{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract).  Different watersheds respond to disturbances in different ways, and the author advocates for understanding a watershed{\textquoteright}s history in order to understand how the watershed responds to environmental changes. },
	pages = {152 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Doctoral Dissertation},
	edition = {Ph. D.},
	chapter = {Water Resources Science Program and College of Forestry. Sustainable Forest Management Program},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River, carbon, chemistry, coastal hazards, earthquakes, floods, forest fires, geography, geology, human impacts, hydrology, isotopes, landslides, logging, nitrogen, Umpqua River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/dj52wb24f },
	author = {Guerrero-Bola{\~n}o, Francisco J.}
}
@article {54876,
	title = {Records of trace metals in sediments from the Oregon shelf and slope: Investigating the occurrence of hypoxia over the past several thousand years},
	journal = {Chemical Geology },
	volume = {382},
	year = {2014},
	note = {In recent years, strong coastal winds have caused strong upwelling events, so strong that a layer of low-oxygen seawater has been brought closer to the surface, leading to mass die-offs of marine life, and affecting estuarine waters as well.  A current question about these hypoxic events has to do with whether or not they are related to climate change.  A look at the history of the region is therefore called for.  {\textquotedblleft}A record of past hypoxia occurrence frequency would help distinguish human-induced causes from those related to natural climate changes. . . .  Determining trends in trace metal abundances can serve as an indicator for changes in oxygenation conditions over time.{\textquotedblright} (p.33) The authors look at trace metals in sediments from the Yaquina, Alsea and Siuslaw Rivers and consider other factors possibly influencing their data. {\textquotedblleft}Supplementary data to this article can be found online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.05.029 .{\textquotedblright} (p.42)},
	month = {2014, Aug.29},
	pages = {p.32{\textendash}43},
	keywords = {Alsea Bay, chemistry, climate change, dissolved oxygen, hypoxia, paleosciences, sediments, Siuslaw Bay, Trace metals, winds, Yaquina Bay},
	doi = {10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.05.029},
	author = {Erhardt, Andrea M. and Reimers, Clare E. and Kadko, David and Paytan, Adina}
}
@article {15616,
	title = {River sediment flux and shelf sediment accumulation rates on the Pacific Northwest margin},
	journal = {Continental Shelf Research},
	volume = {25},
	number = {3},
	year = {2005},
	note = {Gives sediment discharge rates for Alsea, Siuslaw, Umpqua, Coos, Coquille, Rogue and Califonria coastal rivers},
	month = {2005},
	pages = {311-332},
	keywords = {Alsea River, cesium, chemistry, Coos Bay, Coquille River, erosion, hydrology, lead, Rogue River, sediment data, sediments, Siuslaw River, Umpqua River},
	isbn = {0278-4343},
	doi = {10.1016/j.csr.2004.10.001},
	author = {Wheatcroft, R.A. and Sommerfield, C.K.}
}
@article {15826,
	title = {Autumn chemistry of Oregon Coast Range streams},
	journal = {Journal of the American Water Resources Association},
	volume = {34},
	number = {5},
	year = {1998},
	note = {Studied chemistry of 48 streams in forested watersheds in the Oregon Coast Range during an autumn runoff event. Sea salt significant near the ocean, not inland. Nitrates were most variable. Acid neutralizing capacities and pH favorable to salmonids.  For the Alsea area, the authors collected in the three streams of the Alsea watershed study.},
	pages = {p.1035-1049},
	keywords = {chemistry, Deer Creek, Flynn Creek, Needle Branch, nitrates, salinity},
	author = {Wigington, P. J., Jr. and Church, M. R. and Strickland, T. C. and Eshleman, K. N. and Van Sickle, J.}
}
