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Geology of San Andreas Fault, California

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Geology of San Andreas Fault, California

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The San Andreas fault extends much of the length of California as the boundary between the North American and Pacific Plates. It is one of the most active and most studied fault on the planet. These photos include aerial and ground shots of the fault and some of its features along from Pt. Reyes National Seashore in the northwest, to the Salton Sea in the southeast.

Map of San Andreas fault, showing locations of photographs

B. Fault underlies Crystal Reservoir nr. S. Francisco

Trace of San Andreas fault, CA

Aerial view northwestward over Crystal Reservoir on the San Francisco Peninsula, California. The trace of the San Andreas fault runs beneath the reservoir. (City-08)
View southwestward over San Andreas fault to Pinnacles National Monument. The fault runs along the base of the hills in the middle ground. Pinnacles consist of 23.5 Ma felsic and intermediate volcanic rock; it is visible as the north tilted layers near the center of the photo. Similar rock is found in only one other place on the other side of the fault: 315 km to the south in the "Neenach Volcanic field".

View SW over San Andreas fault, California

View southwestward over San Andreas fault to Pinnacles National Park, California. The fault runs along the base of the hills in the middle ground. (9AD2K4-014)
View southwestward over the Temblor Range and San Andreas fault to Soda Lake in the Carrizo Plain. The San Andreas fault coincides with the front of a low range of hills just past the edge of the larger hills in the foreground.

San Andreas fault and Soda Lake.

Aerial view southwestward over the Temblor Range and San Andreas fault to Soda Lake in the Carrizo Plain. The San Andreas fault coincides with the front of a low range of hills just past the edge of the larger hills in the foreground. (377-36)
Stream channel offset right-laterally by the San Andreas fault at Wallace Creek in the Carrizo Plain. (ID 5D-11396)

Offset stream channel in Carrizo Plain

Stream channel offset right-laterally by the San Andreas fault at Wallace Creek in the Carrizo Plain. (5D-11396)
Folding in a shutter ridge, parallel to the San Andreas fault near Palmdale, California. (ID: SrD-02)

Syncline-Anticline pair, California

Folding of sedimentary rock in a shutter ridge, parallel to the San Andreas fault near Palmdale, California. Note different styles of folding between thick and thin beds of sandstone and shale. (SrD-02)
View of SAF from Keyes View in J Tree NP. (ID: SrA-01)

San Andreas fault and shutter ridge, Cal.

View of San Andreas fault from Keyes View in Joshua Tree National Park. The large valley in this photo is the Coachella Valley; the linear ridge in the middle of the photo is a shutter ridge; the fault runs right along the base of the ridge. (SrA-01)
View of the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley of California, view northward. The San Andreas takes a right step when it reaches the Salton Sea; transfer of the strain from one part of the fault to the other has caused the area between to be pulled apart. That area is now filled in by the Salton Sea. (ID: 100128-85)

View north to Salton Sea, CA

Aerial view of the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley of California, view northward. The San Andreas takes a right step when it reaches the Salton Sea; transfer of the strain from one part of the fault to the other has caused the area between to be pulled apart. That area is now filled in by the Salton Sea. (100128-85)
View northwestward along the trace of the San Andreas fault near Pinnacles National Monument. (ID: 9AD2K4-015)

View NW along San Andreas Fault, CA (vertical)

Aerial view northwestward along the trace of the San Andreas fault near Pinnacles National Monument. (ID: 9AD2K4-015)
View westward along San Andreas fault as it divides the San Gabriel Mtns (left) from the San Bernardino Mtns (right). The city of San Bernardino sits at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains. (ID: City-12)

San Andreas fault, San Bernardino, CA

View westward along San Andreas fault as it divides the San Gabriel Mtns (left) from the San Bernardino Mtns (right). The city of San Bernardino sits at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains. (City-12)
Faulting in colluvium along North Branch of the San Andreas fault, San Bernardino Mtns. (ID: SrA-05)

Faulted colluvium (vertical)

Faulting in colluvium along North Branch of the San Andreas fault, San Bernardino Mtns. (ID: SrA-05)

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