Little Lake fault zone
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The Little Lake fault zone is a significant right-lateral strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates part of the region’s tectonic deformation and seismic activity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Little Lake fault zone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12854216 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Little Lake fault zone Context triple: [Eastern California Shear Zone, hasPart, Little Lake fault zone]
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A.
Heezen Fault Zone
The Heezen Fault Zone is a major undersea geological fault system named in honor of American oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen, recognized for his pioneering work in mapping the ocean floor.
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B.
Greendale Fault
The Greendale Fault is a previously unrecognized tectonic fault in New Zealand’s Canterbury region that ruptured during the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, producing significant ground deformation across the rural landscape.
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C.
Rodgers Creek Fault
The Rodgers Creek Fault is a major active strike-slip fault in Northern California’s San Francisco Bay Area that poses a significant earthquake hazard, particularly to the North Bay region.
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D.
Panamint Valley fault zone
The Panamint Valley fault zone is a major strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates significant crustal deformation and helps shape the tectonically active Panamint Valley region.
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E.
Owens Valley fault zone
The Owens Valley fault zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates significant crustal movement and has produced large historical earthquakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Little Lake fault zone Target entity description: The Little Lake fault zone is a significant right-lateral strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates part of the region’s tectonic deformation and seismic activity.
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A.
Heezen Fault Zone
The Heezen Fault Zone is a major undersea geological fault system named in honor of American oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen, recognized for his pioneering work in mapping the ocean floor.
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B.
Greendale Fault
The Greendale Fault is a previously unrecognized tectonic fault in New Zealand’s Canterbury region that ruptured during the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, producing significant ground deformation across the rural landscape.
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C.
Rodgers Creek Fault
The Rodgers Creek Fault is a major active strike-slip fault in Northern California’s San Francisco Bay Area that poses a significant earthquake hazard, particularly to the North Bay region.
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D.
Panamint Valley fault zone
The Panamint Valley fault zone is a major strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates significant crustal deformation and helps shape the tectonically active Panamint Valley region.
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E.
Owens Valley fault zone
The Owens Valley fault zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates significant crustal movement and has produced large historical earthquakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fault zone
ⓘ
right-lateral strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| accommodates |
seismic activity
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tectonic deformation ⓘ |
| activityStatus | active fault ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
crustal extension and shear in eastern California
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intraplate deformation of the North American Plate ⓘ regional seismicity in eastern California ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deformationPartitioning | accommodates part of Pacific–North America plate motion ⓘ |
| displacementStyle | horizontal displacement ⓘ |
| faultType | strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Quaternary activity ⓘ |
| hazardType | earthquake hazard ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Basin and Range Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
eastern California NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Sierra Nevada region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| near |
Coso Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Wells Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Lake, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Owens Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | northwest–southeast trend ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern California Shear Zone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
distributed shear zone of eastern California ⓘ |
| region | western Great Basin margin ⓘ |
| seismotectonicRole | links deformation between Owens Valley and Mojave Desert faults ⓘ |
| senseOfSlip | dextral ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Pacific–North America plate boundary region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Little Lake fault zone Description of subject: The Little Lake fault zone is a significant right-lateral strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates part of the region’s tectonic deformation and seismic activity.
Referenced by (1)
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