Climatic controls on hurricane patterns: A 1200-y near-annual record from Lighthouse Reef, Belize

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Denommee, K C ^a   Bentley, S J ^a   Droxler, A W ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84893215648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03876     Document Type: Article

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