The walls of colonial Fort Dorchester: A record of structures caused by the August 31, 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake and its subsequent earthquake history

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 147-169

  Bartholomew, Mervin J ^a   Rich, Fredrick J ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIP-SLIP FAULT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; FOOTWALL; JOINT; NORMAL FAULT; QUATERNARY; REVERSE FAULT; RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; TENSILE STRESS; UPLIFT;

CHARLESTON; DORCHESTER COUNTY [SOUTH CAROLINA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CUPRESSUS;

EID: 33847751413     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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