5000 year sedimentary record of hurricane strikes on the central coast of Belize

Quaternary International

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 53-68

  McCloskey, T A ^a   Keller, G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CIVILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HURRICANE; PREHISTORIC; STORM;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 58549087536     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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