Barrier island response to late Holocene climate events, North Carolina, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-57

  Mallinson, David J ^a   Smith, Curtis W ^a   Mahan, Shannon ^b   Culver, Stephen J ^a   McDowell, Katie ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier island; Ground penetrating radar; Little Ice Age; Medieval Warm Period; North Carolina; Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Outer Banks; Paleo inlet

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; NORTH CAROLINA; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OUTER BANKS; PALEO-INLET;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; STORMS;

LUMINESCENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BARRIER ISLAND; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENE; HURRICANE; LITTLE ICE AGE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH CAROLINA; OUTER BANKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959261356     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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