Garlock Fault
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The Garlock Fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southern California that forms the northern boundary of the Mojave Desert and plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic deformation.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic fault
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left-lateral fault → strike-slip fault → |
| activityStatus |
active fault
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| associatedWith |
Eastern California Shear Zone
→
San Andreas Fault system → |
| capableOf |
large earthquakes
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|
| controls |
local topography along its trace
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| country |
United States
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|
| crosses |
El Paso Mountains region
→
Tehachapi Mountains region → |
| deformationStyle |
strike-slip with local compressional and extensional step-overs
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| displacementType |
horizontal displacement
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| formsBoundaryBetween |
Mojave Desert and Sierra Nevada foothills
→
Mojave Desert and southern Basin and Range province → |
| formsBoundaryOf |
Mojave Desert
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| formsNorthernBoundaryOf |
Mojave Desert
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| geologicAge |
late Cenozoic activity
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| hazardType |
seismic hazard
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| influences |
drainage patterns in the northern Mojave Desert
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| knownFor |
major component of complex tectonic deformation in southern California
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| length |
approximately 155 miles
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approximately 250 kilometers → |
| locatedIn |
southern California
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| mapFeature |
prominent linear feature on regional geologic maps
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| movementType |
left-lateral strike-slip
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| nearbyCity |
Mojave, California
→
Ridgecrest, California → |
| orientation |
east–west
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| partOf |
North American Cordillera tectonic system
→
Pacific–North America plate boundary zone → |
| region |
Mojave Desert
→
southern Basin and Range transition → |
| runsFrom |
San Andreas Fault near the Tehachapi Mountains
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| runsTo |
Death Valley region
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| separates |
Mojave Desert block
→
Sierra Nevada–Great Valley block → |
| slipRate |
on the order of a few millimeters per year
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|
| slipSense |
sinistral
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| state |
California
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| studiedBy |
seismologists
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structural geologists → |
| tectonicRole |
accommodates left-lateral shear between Sierra Nevada–Great Valley block and Mojave Desert block
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| tectonicSetting |
boundary between Mojave Desert and Sierra Nevada microplate
→
transform plate boundary zone → |
| terminatesNear |
Death Valley
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Transverse Ranges
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crossedBy |
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North American plate boundary system
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hasPart |