Environmental Engineering Reference
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Plate 10.1
The San Andreas Fault in southern California. (a)
A grooved and ridged 6 km section of the fault crossing the
Carrizo Plain, north-west of Los Angeles, marks the
boundary of the North American (foreground) and Pacific
(background) plates. Arroyos (dry gullies) crossing the fault
are deflected to the right by the north-west movement of the
Pacific plate. (b) Rocks squeezed upwards to form paired
