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Segments of the San Andreas Fault

Segments of the San Andreas Fault. Historically, the San Andreas has been divided up into individual fault segments that range from tens to hundreds of kilometers. These include the Big Bend, Coachella, & Parkfield fault segments.

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Segments of the San Andreas Fault

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  1. Segments of the San Andreas Fault • Historically, the San Andreas has been divided up into individual fault segments that range from tens to hundreds of kilometers. • These include the Big Bend, Coachella, & Parkfieldfault segments. Several segments of the San Andreas fault in Southern California.

  2. Segments of the San Andreas Fault • The San Andreas can be divided up into three larger segments as well. • Southern, Central, and Northern. • Complex fault geometries of the Southern and Northern allow for large earthquakes (Li and Liu, 2006). • Central segment is dominated by aseismic creep. The trace of the San Andreas fault in California (Lynch, 2006).

  3. References Lynch, David, 2006. “Can San Andreas Break At Once? Study Says Maybe.” KPBS. < http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/jan/10/can-san- andreas-break-once-study-says-maybe/> Li, Q., and M. Liu, 2006, Geometrical impact of the San Andreas Fault on stress and seismicity in California, Geophysical Research Letters, 33,L08302, doi:10.1029/2005GL025661

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