Records of prehistoric hurricanes on the South Carolina coast based on micropaleontological and sedimentological evidence, with comparison to other Atlantic Coast records: Discussion

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 250-256

  Hippensteel, Scott P ^a   Martin, Ronald E ^b   Harris, M Scott ^c   Scott, David B ^d   Collins, E S ^d   Gayes, P T ^c   Wright, E ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Wall College of Business   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE; COASTAL ZONE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84873216320     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25535.1     Document Type: Article

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