The San Andreas Fault System

The San Andreas Fault System

Author: Robert E. Powell

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0813711789

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The authors of the ten chapters in this volume critically examine the geologic evidence that constrains timing and magnitude of movement on various faults of the San Andreas system, and they develop and discuss paleogeologic reconstructions based on these constraints. The volume offers new insight into the evolution of the San Andreas fault system,


A Land in Motion

A Land in Motion

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Publisher: University of California Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9780520218970

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This is a beautifully illustrated general-interest book on the most famous fault on Earth. The San Andreas Fault, site of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and many others, is the boundary between two of the earth's crustal plates, and it is a major architect of California's diverse landscapes.


Seismotectonics of the Central California Coast Ranges

Seismotectonics of the Central California Coast Ranges

Author: Ina B. Alterman

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0813722926

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Presents 12 papers from the 1987 GSA Symposium on the Seismotectonics of the Central California Coast Ranges. Topics include the tectonic setting of the offshore and onshore Santa Maria Basin and surrounding regions, the San Simeon/Hosgri fault system, soil stratigraphy techniques, geophysical instr