Subsurface stratigraphy and geomorphology of the Grand Strand, Georgetown and Horry counties, South Carolina

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 217-236

  Putney, Thomas R ^a   Katuna, Michael P ^a   Scott Harris, M ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b Sr College of Business Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LANDFORM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942616472     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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