Mid-Tertiary paleoseismites: Syndepositional features and section restoration used to indicate paleoseismicity, Atlantic Coastal Plain, South Carolina and Georgia

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 359, Issue , 2002, Pages 63-74

  Bartholomew, Mervin J ^a   Brodie, Brendan M ^b   Willoughby, Ralph H ^c   Lewis, Sharon E ^a   Syms, Frank H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EnviroSouth   (United States)

^c South Carolina Geological Survey   (United States)

^d Bechtel Savannah River Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; PALEOSEISMICITY; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMITE; SYNCLINE; TERTIARY; TROUGH;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; GEORGIA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870901841     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2359-0.63     Document Type: Review

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