Paleotempestology and the pursuit of the perfect paleostorm proxy

GSA Today

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 52-53

  Hippensteel, Scott P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; HURRICANE; MARSH; PALEOCLIMATE; PREHISTORIC; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STORM DEPOSIT; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956256065     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSATG80GW.1     Document Type: Article

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