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South Carolina Geological Survey
The South Carolina Geological Survey, a division of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, provides reliable, unbiased scientific information to public and private decision-makers involved with land-use planning, environment, and economic development.
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The South Carolina Geological Survey Surface Elevation Table (SET) Network: 1998-2022
(South Carolina State Library, 2022-06-27)Since 1998, the South Carolina Geological Survey (SCGS) has installed, measured, maintained, and expanded a state-wide network of Surface Elevation Table (SET) and Rod-SET (RSET) stations in South Carolina’s intertidal ... -
Paleozoic-mesozoic tectonic history of the western inner Piedmont based on superimposed structural relationships, South Carolina and nearby North Carolina, Southern Appalachians
(South Carolina State Library, 2018)The focus of this report is the description and interpretation of regional structural relationships mapped in the western Inner Piedmont of Northwestern South Carolina and adjacent North Carolina in the Southern Appalachians. -
South Carolina principal nonfuel mineral producing counties
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)In 1999, South Carolina ranked 24th among the 50 States in the total nonfuel mineral production. The estimated value of 1999 was $574 million, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This was a 2% increase from ... -
PROJECTED EARTHQUAKE INTENSITIES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)This map shows earthquake intensities, by county, based on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. -
Mineral resources map of South Carolina, 1997
(South Carolina State Library, 1997)This map shows mine sites, industrial plants and mineral resources in South Carolina. -
Structural features of South Carolina
(South Carolina State Library, 1998)This is a map of South Carolina's structural features including faults. -
Geologic Time Scale for South Carolina
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)This sheet gives the geologic events in South Carolina broken down by eon, era, period and epoch. -
MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITY SCALE
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)This sheet describes what happens during an earthquake as applied to the different values of the Mercalli Intensity Scale. -
Prehistoric South Carolina earthquakes
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)In South Carolina, geologists have recently discovered evidence of at least five large paleoearthquakes during the past 5,000 years. This sheet describes the earthquakes with pictures and diagrams. -
GEOLOGIC HAZARDS of the South Carolina Coastal Plain 2012
(South Carolina State Library, 2012)This map has been designed as a planning tool for use by emergency managers for the response to and recovery from a hazardous geologic event, such as a large magnitude earthquake or a smaller occurrence such as a sinkhole ... -
Generalized Geologic Map of South Carolina 2005
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)This color map shows the geology of South Carolina, including coastal plain, triassic, Blue Ridge and Piedmont, intrusive igneous rocks, significant structural features and significant wave-cut scarps. -
The rock cycle
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)This diagram show how the different kinds of rocks (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic) are formed. -
Fold systems
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)Anticlines and synclines can take on many different geometries. They can be either open tight, or isoclinal in shape. The tighter the folds, the more intense the stress (compression) that caused folding. Folds can also be ... -
Fault systems
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)Many geology terms come from mining. In mining, "hanging wall" tells you where the roof of the tunnel is, and "footwall" tells you where the floor of the tunnel is. In fault systems, these terms now mean top and bottom and ... -
Fault systems
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)This paper describes the different kinds of geologic faults: normal, reverse, strike-slip, and oblique. -
Earthquake hazards of the South Carolina Coastal Plain 1996
(South Carolina State Library, 2009)This map has been designed as a tool for use by emergency managers in planning for the response to and recovery from a major earthquake disaster. It also may be useful to land use planners and regulators as a generalized ... -
Cenozoic stratigraphic column of the coastal plain of South Carolina, 1999
(South Carolina State Library, 1999)This is a geologic and physiographic index map and explanation of the Atlantic coastal plain of South Carolina. -
Types of Volcanoes
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)This sheet describes the four basic types of volcanoes: fissure volcano, cinder cones, composite volcanoes and shield volcanoes. -
What causes earthquakes?
(South Carolina State Library, 2005)This sheet explains how earthquakes occur. -
SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY
(South Carolina State Library, 1993)
