The northern-most San Andreas rift valley at Alder Creek in coastal Mendocino County is a highly fractured tectonic zone, featuring at least two main stems of the San Andreas Fault itself, and riddled with multiple minor transform and thrust faults, both on-land and offshore… Read More
Seismite: Sedimentary layers (lithified strata) deformed during the seismic shaking of paleo earthquakes, and displaying distinct convoluted and disrupted bedding with geomorphic features such as pillows, flow rolls, dikes and folds… Read More
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