On the geologic structure at the epicenter of the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1010-1030

  Chapman, Martin C ^a   Beale, Jacob N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN BOUNDARY; CENOZOIC; COASTAL PLAIN; COMPRESSIONAL; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; EPICENTRAL AREA; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; GRAVITY DATA; MAGNETIC GRADIENT; MESOZOIC; SEISMIC DATAS; SOUTH CAROLINA; UPPER CRUST;

EARTHQUAKES; LOCATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CENOZOIC; COASTAL SEDIMENT; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MESOZOIC; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CHARLESTON; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952591100     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090231     Document Type: Article

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