Evidence of similar probablility of intense hurricane strikes for the gulf of Mexico over the late Holocene

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 511-514

  Wallace, Davin J ^a   Anderson, John B ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE CONDITION; DIRECT LINKS; FIELD STUDIES; FLORIDA; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; HURRICANE IMPACT; LATE HOLOCENE; LONG TERM RECORDS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STEERING MECHANISMS; STORM IMPACTS; STORM INTENSITY; TIME INTERVAL; WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HURRICANES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; STORMS;

PROBABILITY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; HURRICANE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LAGUNA MADRE [TEXAS]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955953371     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30729.1     Document Type: Article

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