Comparing two long-term hurricane frequency and intensity records from San Salvador Island, Bahamas

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 891-902

  Park, Lisa E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Caribbean; Clear Pond; climate change; El Ni o; hurricanes; San Salvador Island; Storr's Lake

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FACIES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HURRICANE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GULF OF MEXICO; SAN SALVADOR [BAHAMAS];

EID: 84864218347     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00065.1     Document Type: Article

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