A 7000 year record of paleohurricane activity from a coastal wetland in Belize

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 278-291

  McCloskey, Terrence A ^a   Liu, Kam biu ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Caribbean; cyclone hyperactivity; extreme precipitation events; hurricanes; North Atlantic; paleotempestology

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME EVENT; HOLOCENE; HURRICANE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872934169     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612460782     Document Type: Article

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