Paleoenvironmental evidence for first human colonization of the eastern Caribbean

PE Siegel, JG Jones, DM Pearsall, NP Dunning… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Identifying and dating first human colonization of new places is challenging, especially when
group sizes were small and material traces of their occupations were ephemeral. Generating …

A review on onshore tsunami deposits along the Atlantic coasts

PJM Costa, S Dawson, RS Ramalho, M Engel… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the evidence for onshore sedimentary imprints of tsunami inundation
known from the geological record of the Atlantic basin. The central aim of the paper is to offer …

[图书][B] The Caribbean before Columbus

WF Keegan, CL Hofman - 2016 - books.google.com
The islands of the Caribbean are remarkably diverse, environmentally and culturally. They
range from low limestone islands barely above sea level to volcanic islands with …

Archaeology, environmental justice, and climate change on islands of the Caribbean and southwestern Indian Ocean

K Douglass, J Cooper - Proceedings of the National …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Climate change impacts island communities all over the world. Sea-level rise, an increase in
the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, and changes in distribution and health …

Investigating human geographic origins using dual-isotope (87Sr/86Sr, δ18O) assignment approaches

JE Laffoon, TF Sonnemann, T Shafie, CL Hofman… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Substantial progress in the application of multiple isotope analyses has greatly improved the
ability to identify nonlocal individuals amongst archaeological populations over the past …

A tsunami deposit at Anse Meunier, Martinique Island: Evidence of the 1755 CE Lisbon tsunami and implication for hazard assessment

R Paris, P Sabatier, M Biguenet, A Bougouin, G André… - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents the results of paleo-tsunami investigation in marshes of the southern
and eastern coasts of Martinique Island (Lesser Antilles, France). A sand unit dated 1726 …

A 1600 year-long sedimentary record of tsunamis and hurricanes in the Lesser Antilles (Scrub Island, Anguilla)

M Biguenet, P Sabatier, E Chaumillon, C Chagué… - Sedimentary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lesser Antilles are a densely populated region where local populations and
industrial facilities are concentrated at the coastlines, and are therefore exposed to many …

Persistent northward North Atlantic tropical cyclone track migration over the past five centuries

LM Baldini, JUL Baldini, JN McElwaine, AB Frappier… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Accurately predicting future tropical cyclone risk requires understanding the fundamental
controls on tropical cyclone dynamics. Here we present an annually-resolved 450-year …

Caribbean cyclone activity: An annually-resolved Common Era record

D Schmitt, E Gischler, FS Anselmetti, H Vogel - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Tropical cyclones (TC) represent a substantial threat to life and property for Caribbean and
adjacent populations. The prospective increase of TC magnitudes, expressed in the 15th …

A Megathrust earthquake as source of a Pre-Colombian tsunami in Lesser Antilles: Insight from sediment deposits and tsunami modeling

L Cordrie, N Feuillet, A Gailler, M Biguenet… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
No megathrust earthquake similar to the Magnitude class 9 events in Sumatra in 2004 or in
Japan in 2011 was firmly reported at the Lesser Antilles subduction zone. The largest known …