A 1,000-year, annually-resolved record of hurricane activity from Boston, Massachusetts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Besonen, Mark R ^a   Bradley, Raymond S ^a   Mudelsee, Manfred ^b   Abbott, Mark B ^c   Francus, Pierre ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Climate Risk Analysis   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BOSTON ,MASSACHUSETTS; FREQUENCY CHANGES; GRADED BEDS; HURRICANE ACTIVITY; LOOSE SEDIMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC;

SEDIMENTATION;

DEPOSITION; HURRICANE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53749102169     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033950     Document Type: Article

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