Stratigraphic correlation of oligocene marginal marine and fluvial deposits across the middle and lower coastal plain, South Carolina

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 181-194

  Katuna, Michael R ^a   Geisler, Jonathan H ^a   Colquhoun, Donald J ^b  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Coastal Plain; Chandler bridge formation; Oligocene; South carolina; Stratigraphy; Upland unit

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MARGINAL MARINE DEPOSIT; OLIGOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, SOUTH CAROLINA, BARNWELL;

EID: 0030844406     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00053-X     Document Type: Article

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