How unique was hurricane sandy? sedimentary reconstructions of extreme flooding from New York Harbor

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Brandon, Christine M ^a   Woodruff, Jonathan D ^a   Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^b   Sullivan, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 84923306389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07366     Document Type: Article

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