Tropical cyclone signals within tree-ring chronologies from Weeks Bay National Estuary and Research Reserve, Alabama

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1320-1329

  Rodgers III, John C ^a   Gamble, Douglas W ^b   McCay, Deanna H ^c   Phipps, Scott ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^d Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Hurricanes; Tree ring analysis; Weeks Bay

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; FOREST; GROWTH RESPONSE; HURRICANE; STORM TRACK; TREE RING;

ALABAMA; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEEKS BAY;

PINUS ELLIOTTII;

EID: 33845705315     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/05-0515.1     Document Type: Article

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