San Andreas Fault - Cajon Pass to PalmdaleRichard HesterD. E. HallingerPacific
This segment of the San Andreas Fault, in Palmdale, California, lies about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Los Angeles. The image was captured from the Space Shuttle Endeavor on Feb. 11, 2000.(Image credit: NASA/JPL/NIMA) SAN FRANCISCO — A new explanation for colliding faults could help...
Two stream beds were examined for evidence of late Holocene earthquakes on the San Andreas fault. At least nine large earthquakes have occurred along the south-central reach of the fault since the sixth century A.D. Dates and reccurrence intervals are tabulated. 5 figures, 1 table. (RWR)关...
An image of the San Andreas Fault created with data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. This segment of the fault lies west of the city of Palmdale, California, about about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles.(Image credit: NASA/JPL/NIMA) ...
The San Andreas runs deep near and under some of California's most populated areas. The cities ofDesert Hot Springs, San Bernardino, Wrightwood, Palmdale, Gorman, Frazier Park, Daly City, Point Reyes Station and Bodega Bay reston the San Andreas fault line. ...
[Image: (left) ARückenfigurlooks at a highway cut through the San Andreas Fault in Palmdale, southern California; photograph by Nicola Twilley. (right) Aerial rendering of the San Andreas Fault, courtesy of NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (2000). If an earthquake presents us with ...
But communities like Desert Hot Springs, San Bernardino, Wrightwood, Palmdale, Gorman, Frazier Park, Daly City, Point Reyes Station and Bodega Bay lie squarely on the fault and are sitting ducks.ADVERTISEMENT What Type of Fault is the San Andreas? The San Andreas Fault is a transform fault. ...
Measurements of regional magnetic field near the San Andreas fault at Cajon, Palmdale and Tejon are strongly correlated with changes in gravity, areal strain, and uplift in these regions during the period 1977-1984. Because the inferred ... MJS Johnston - 《Journal of Geomagnetism & Geoelectric...
crosses through the Cajon Pass and continues to run northwest along the northern base of the San Gabriel Mountains. These mountains are a result of movement along the San Andreas Fault and are commonly called the Transverse Range. In Palmdale, a portion of the fault is easily examined as a ...
Earthquake Hazards and Tectonic History of the San Andreas Fault Zone, Los Angeles County, California James E. Kahle, View the First Page A text abstract of this article is not available. The first page of the PDF appears below. You maydownload the first page as a PDF....