The Cretaceous and Tertiary Stratigraphy of the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina

2013 ◽  
pp. 23-42
Author(s):  
Paul G. Nystrom Jr. ◽  
Ralph H. Willoughby ◽  
Lucille Kite Price
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Coastal Plain

scholarly journals Wintering Golden Eagles on the coastal plain of South Carolina

2015 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Vukovich ◽  
Kelsey L. Turner ◽  
Tracy E. Grazia ◽  
Thomas Mims ◽  
James C. Beasley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Golden Eagles

Wave conversions from earthquakes and a new velocity model for the South Carolina coastal plain

1987 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 2143-2151
Author(s):  
Susan Rhea
Keyword(s):  
Surface Layer ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Velocity Structure ◽  
Velocity Model ◽  
Seismogenic Fault ◽  
Impedance Boundary ◽  
High Impedance ◽  
Hypocentral Parameters ◽  
Converted Phases

Abstract Phase conversions from P to SV and from SV to P occur at a high impedance boundary near the surface in Charleston, South Carolina. Four arrivals (P, converted P, converted S, and S) are observed on three-component records of earthquakes in this area. Using arrival-time differences between paired arrivals of direct and converted phases, a shallow surface layer Vp/Vs ratio of 2.9 was determined. Applying the Wadati method to travel times derived at the base of the surface layer yields a Vp/Vs ratio in deeper layers of 1.73. Relocating earthquakes using this more appropriate velocity structure for direct and converted shear waves alters hypocentral parameters such that epicenters diverge and depths converge. It is inferred that these relocated earthquakes are not exclusively associated with a single seismogenic fault.

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