Hurricane records on the South Carolina coast: Can they be detected in the sediment record?

Quaternary International

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-26

  Collins, E S ^a   Scott, D B ^a   Gayes, P T ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Wall College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HURRICANE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT CORE;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032803923     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(98)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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