Hurricanes and climate in the caribbean during the past 3700 years BP

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 911-924

  Malaize B ^a   Bertran, P ^b,c   Carbonel, P ^a   Bonnissent, D ^d   Charlier, K ^a   Galop, D ^e   Imbert, D ^f   Serrand, N ^d,g   Stouvenot, Ch ^h   Pujol, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b INRAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d LAMPEA ^*  (France)

^e Laboratoire Geode   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^g MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^h Service Régional de l'Archéologie   (France)

Author keywords

Caribbean sea; coastal lake; hurricanes; late Holocene climate; ostracods; Saint Martin island; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OSTRACOD; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; LESSER ANTILLES; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OSTRACODA; PERISSOCYTHERIDEA;

EID: 80051913693     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611400198     Document Type: Article

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