Seismic stratigraphy of the Blue Hole (Lighthouse Reef, Belize), a late Holocene climate and storm archive

Marine Geology

Volumn 344, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-162

  Gischler, Eberhard ^a   Anselmetti, Flavio S ^b   Shinn, Eugene A ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Blue Hole; Holocene; Seismics

Indexed keywords

BELIZE; BLUE HOLES; HISTORICAL DATABASE; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENES; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEISMICS;

LAKES; LIGHTHOUSES; REEFS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STORMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTS;

ATOLL; CYCLONE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; REEF; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SINKHOLE; STORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; BELIZEAN BARRIER REEF; CARIBBEAN SEA; LIGHTHOUSE REEF; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF;

EID: 84884153977     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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