Diatoms as indicators of former sea levels, earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes

The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 357-372

  Horton, Benjamin P ^a   Sawai, Yuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511763175.020     Document Type: Chapter

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