Lenwood–Lockhart–Old Woman Springs fault zone
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The Lenwood–Lockhart–Old Woman Springs fault zone is a major right-lateral strike-slip fault system in the Mojave Desert of Southern California that accommodates part of the region’s tectonic deformation and seismic activity.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fault zone
ⓘ
right-lateral strike-slip fault system ⓘ seismogenic structure ⓘ |
| accommodates |
regional shear between the Pacific Plate and North America Plate
ⓘ
tectonic deformation in the Mojave Desert ⓘ |
| associatedWith | seismic activity in the Mojave Desert ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deformationStyle | brittle crustal faulting ⓘ |
| discipline |
seismology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| displacementSense | dextral ⓘ |
| faultSystem | Lenwood–Lockhart–Old Woman Springs fault system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faultType | strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| geologicProvince | Mojave Desert block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hosts | earthquake ruptures ⓘ |
| kinematics | horizontal shear dominated ⓘ |
| linkedTo | regional fault networks of the Eastern California shear zone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mojave Desert
ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ |
| movementType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Lenwood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lockhart NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Woman Springs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | northwest–southeast trend ⓘ |
| partOf | Eastern California shear zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Inland Southern California ⓘ |
| roleInHazard | contributes to seismic hazard in Southern California ⓘ |
| significance | major fault system in the Mojave Desert ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Pacific–North America plate boundary region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.