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2 de may. de 2024 · The San Andreas fault in space. Berne and colleagues found that frictional mechanics control motion in interfaces along the tiger stripes of Enceladus where both sides of the...
- San Andreas Fault Facts
Viewed from space, the San Andreas Fault looks like a long,...
- San Andreas Fault Facts
From space, the San Andreas Fault and its attending landforms are beautifully revealed. By using the buttons at the upper left to zoom and pan, and those in the upper right to switch between photographs and the base map (or both by clicking 'Hybrid'), the fault's intimate role in California becomes apparent.
The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through the U.S. state of California. It forms part of the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate .
- 1,200 km (750 mi)
The goal is to map which parts of the fault are creeping past each other with little “stickiness,” and which parts appear to be locked together—places where pent-up stress may be released suddenly in a major earthquake.
7 de jun. de 2023 · Analysis of new geologic and palaeoseismic data using a 3D finite-element model suggests that the past six major earthquakes on the southern San Andreas Fault were probably triggered by...
7 de feb. de 2013 · Our Changing Planet: The View from Space - The Vital Land - The San Andreas Fault: Adjustments in the Earth's Crust • Completed Missions • Current Missions • Future Missions NASA Official: Steven Platnick
