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Unraveling the Hayward Fault: Insights from the 1868 Earthquake

Explore the stratigraphic column of La Brea Smilodon and the significant 1868 Hayward earthquake, highlighting its impact and the Transcurrent strike-slip fault concept.

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Unraveling the Hayward Fault: Insights from the 1868 Earthquake

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  1. SO461, Transforms

  2. Vogt, P., EOS, vol.85, no.36, 7 Sept 2004

  3. Stratigraphic Column

  4. La BreaSmilodon

  5. The 1868 Hayward earthquake (M7.0) is about twice as large as the model for the southern segment earthquake (M6.7). • Hayward Fault is a NW trending, predominantly right-lateral strike-slip fault zone http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1868/

  6. Transcurrent=strike slip From Tuzo Wilson (of the Wilson cycle)

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