After the hurricane hits: Recovery and response to large storm events in a saline lake, San Salvador Island, Bahamas

Quaternary International

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 98-105

  Park, Lisa E ^a   Siewers, Frederick D ^b   Metzger, Thadeus ^a   Sipahioglu, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAIN SIZE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; OSTRACOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SALINE LAKE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; STORM DAMAGE; STORM DEPOSIT; STORM TRACK;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SAN SALVADOR [BAHAMAS];

CYPRIDEIS; DOLEROCYPRIA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRACODA; PERISSOCYTHERIDEA;

EID: 58549094276     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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