Citation Information
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Title
Geology
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Author
Carolyn H. Murphy
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Keywords
plate tectonics, divided South Carolina into a series of belts, Precambrian era, Ordovician period, Blue Ridge, early Mesozoic, Blue Ridge Escarpment, Kings Mountain belt is a shear zone, metavolvanics, schists, phyllites, quartzites, granites, and marble, Carolina slate belt, Trilobite fossils, major South Carolina gold deposits, Orangeburg Scarp, Santee limestone, only karst (cave) topography in South Carolina, coast is divided into three sections: the Grand Strand, the Santee River Delta, and the Barrier and Sea Island Complex
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/geology/view/external-links
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Access Date
May 4, 2024
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Original Published Date
May 17, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 4, 2022
