Airport Lake fault zone
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The Airport Lake fault zone is a significant right-lateral strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates part of the tectonic motion between the Pacific and North American plates.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fault zone
ⓘ
right-lateral strike-slip fault ⓘ seismogenic structure ⓘ |
| accommodates | right-lateral shear between Pacific Plate and North American Plate ⓘ |
| associatedWith | intraplate earthquakes in eastern California ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deformationType | brittle crustal deformation ⓘ |
| displacementType | horizontal ⓘ |
| faultStyle | strike-slip fault system ⓘ |
| geologicFeatureType | linear fault system ⓘ |
| geologicProcess | plate tectonics ⓘ |
| hasKinematics | right-lateral strike-slip motion ⓘ |
| hasLithologyContext | continental crust ⓘ |
| hazardType | earthquake hazard ⓘ |
| isPartOfPlateBoundary | true ⓘ |
| isTectonicallyActive | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
eastern California shear zone region
ⓘ
eastern Sierra Nevada region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPartitioning | accommodates part of Pacific–North America plate motion ⓘ |
| movementSense | dextral ⓘ |
| orientation | approximately northwest–southeast trend ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern California shear zone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
distributed plate-boundary zone between Pacific and North American plates ⓘ |
| plateBoundaryRole | accommodates motion between Pacific Plate and North American Plate ⓘ |
| relativeMotionType | right-lateral ⓘ |
| separates | crustal blocks of Pacific–North America plate boundary zone ⓘ |
| slipType | strike-slip ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| tectonicRegime | transform ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | eastern California ⓘ |
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