Shallow subsurface geology of part of the Savannah River alluvial valley in the upper Coastal Plain of Georgia and South Carolina

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Leeth, David C ^a   Nagle, Douglas D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIUM; DEPOSITION; RIVER VALLEY;

USA, GEORGIA, SAVANNAH RIVER; USA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SAVANNAH RIVER;

EID: 0029774545     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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