REVISED GEOMORPHIC MAP OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA MIDDLE AND LOWER COASTAL PLAIN WITH PORTIONS OF THE INNER CONTINENTAL SHELF
As students of the CP since the 18th Century and into the modern era, we have misapplied nomenclature, correlated poorly dated materials, split and reused older nomenclature, created literary disconnects between surficial landscapes and underlying geology, and let loose egotistical rampages in the early to mid-20th Century; all creating a veritable quagmire of competing terms that continue to force a poor understanding of the true nature and history of the CP in this region. In order to take a step back and regroup, this high-resolution digital map proposes names attached to individual or sets of various morphologic features to be used as target areas for study in the future, and as areas to compile previously collected data from which to build a realistic and comprehensible history of the surficial deposits at a better resolution for societal need outside the standard postage stamp program relegated through the USGS mapping programs at 1:24k. We have the capability to move our scientific understanding of this region so much farther forward when we map at higher resolution, step outside the quagmire of poorly-executed nomenclature, and look at this region from outside the chains of a 19th Century viewpoint.