Question

A015) Strike-Slip Faults - Carrizo Plain, CA. The Problem 15 placemarks highlight a stream near the Carrizo Plain in California that has been offset along the San Andreas fault zone (the San Andreas Fault is a strike-slip fault that forms a transform plate boundary between the North American and Pacific plates). Given the offset stream in the view, what is the sense of offset along this fault

Answer 1

Answer:

Right lateral.

Explanation:

• San Andrea's fault makes a tri-junctions between the North American and the pacific plate. Being 1300 km long this fault and extends to 25 km in depth. It has a northwestern-southeastern trend and is classified as a right-lateral or dextral fault.