A chronology of hurricane landfalls at Little Sippewissett Marsh, Massachusetts, USA, using optical dating

Geomorphology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 36-45

  Madsen, A T ^a,b   Duller, G A T ^a   Donnelly, J P ^c   Roberts, H M ^a   Wintle, A G ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical records; Optically stimulated luminescence; Overwash sediments

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITION; HISTORICAL RECORD; HURRICANE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; QUARTZ; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CORE;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349260424     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.08.023     Document Type: Article

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