Sedimentary evidence of hurricane strikes in western long Island, New York

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Scileppi, Elyse ^a   Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Coastal geology; Hurricane; New York; Salt marsh; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749149383     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001463     Document Type: Article

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