Association of the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake and seismicity near Summervile with a 12° bend in the East Coast fault system and triple-fault junctions

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 101-127

  Marple, Ronald ^a   Miller, Richard ^b  

^a University of Kansas ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT ZONE; MESOZOIC; PALEOSEISMICITY; PALEOZOIC; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; CHARLESTON; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750865208     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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