Palaeohurricane reconstructions from sedimentary archives along the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and western North Atlantic Ocean margins

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 388, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 481-501

  Wallace, Davin J ^a,b,c   Woodruff, Jonathan D ^b   Anderson, John B ^d   Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84901605883     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP388.12     Document Type: Article

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