Santee

The Santee Limestone in eastern SC is the northern limit of the Floridan Aquifer. We investigated karst conditions in the vicinity of Santee State Park, SC. There are a few small caves that can be accessed in the area, along with sinkholes, sinking streams and springs typical of karst terrane elsewhere. We conducted a dye trace to determine the discharge point of one of the sinking streams.

Everyone in the bottom of a shaft.

Releasing dye into a sinking stream--flow direction is away from the camera

Dye release

Diluted dye emerging from a spring

Last Updated: January 11, 2005 -- Questions or comments, contact Larry Murdoch.
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