A relict alluvial fan at Coconut Walk Estate, Nevis, West Indies

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-21

  Wilson, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Conglomerate; Lesser Antilles; Nevis; Paleoclimatology; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; NEVIS; OCEANIC REGIONS; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; WORLD;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 18744392787     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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