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Features in parks along san andreas
long mountain ranges, laterally displaced features, rotated mountain ranges, broad zone of shearing
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national park on san andreas fault
channel islands
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caribbean transform boundary national park
US virgin islands
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transverse ranges
uplifted mountains formed where san andreas takes sharp bend
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origin of coast range in western california
formed by subduction of ancient farallon plate
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origin of sierra nevada in western california
line of volcanoes formed above dehydrating farallon plate
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origin of great valley in western california
forearc basin formed between two mountain ranges
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franciscan series in western california
sediments and hard crust of ocean floor that were scrapped off the subducting plate
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granite batholiths in western california
remains of magma chambers formed beneath volcanoes
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how did transform boundary change western california
rocks formed in subduction zone were deformed, rotated, and dragged northward by transform plate boundary
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what is tectonic activity associated with in western california
san andreas and other strike-slip faults within transform plate boundary
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where do thrust faults occur in western california
where san andreas fault bends, rotating and uplifting the transverse ranges
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what is the san francisco bay area
broad zone of deformation from transform boundary
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point reyes national seashore
lies on san andreas fault, fault cuts through tomales bay
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at what rate does pacific plate move past north american plate?
2 inches per year
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what happens if the san andreas gets locked for 100 years and suddenly releases in big earthquake?
200 inches of movement all at once along fault
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left lateral fault
opposite side moves to the observer’s left
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right lateral fault
opposite side moves to the oberver’s right
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what type of strike-slip fault is the san andreas fault
right-lateral
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what is pinnacles national monument
volcanic terrane transported northward by transform plate motion, made of volcanic breccia
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balcones caves
formed where fallen blocks of volcanic breccia formed roofs over large cracks
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what type of strike-slip boundary is on us virgin islands
left-lateral
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volcanic breccia
coarse-grained rock comprised of angular volcanic fragments
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why are the transverse ranges known as a ball-bearing landscape
blocks of crust rotate like ball bearings
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