Physical stratigraphy and hydrostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene sediments, Burke and Screven Counties, Georgia

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 153-176

  Falls, W Fred ^a   Baum, Joan S ^b   Prowell, David C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b US Department of Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CRETACEOUS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALAEOCENE; UNCONFORMITY;

USA, GEORGIA, BURKE COUNTY; USA, GEORGIA, SCREVEN COUNTY;

EID: 0030812449     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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