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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019481503321

Autore

Sylvester Arthur G.

Titolo

The San Andreas Transform Belt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 1989

ISBN

1-118-66692-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 119 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Field trip guidebook (International Geological Congress (28th : 1989 : Washington, D.C.)) ; ; T309

Disciplina

557.94

Soggetti

Geology - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 309.  It is always a moving experience for us here in California to stand on the San Andreas fault-to realize that the ground beneath our feet has shifted 330 km dextrally over the last 24 Ma-to realize that even as we stand there, it may shift laterally as much as 6 m-and to know that is some places it is presently creeping as rapidly as 35mm/yr.