The sands of time.(weatherfront)(Brief article)

From: Weatherwise | Date: May 1, 2007 | Copyright information

So, it looks like all those years spent digging in the playground's sandbox have finally come in handy for a couple of lucky scientists. Curious about prehistoric hurricanes, Kam-biu Liu, George William Barineau III Professor at Louisiana State University's Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, headed a research team to find out if, when, and how many Category 4 or 5 storms have struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in the the past 3,800 years.

Knowing that only storms of a certain strength can toss sand and sediment inland to coastal lakes, Liu and his team conducted ...

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