Santa Ynez Fault
Tectonic fault in California, United States
Santa Ynez Fault is a left-reverse fault in Santa Barbara County of California.[1] Its length is at least 130 km.,[2] running through Santa Ynez and north of nearby Santa Barbara. The Santa Ynez Mountains were uplifted within the last 5 million years,[3] mostly along this fault, which marks the north slope of the range.
References
- ^ Sylvester, Arthur G.; Darrow, Arthur C. (1979-01-01), Whitten, C. A.; Green, R.; Meade, B. K. (eds.), "Structure and Neotectonics of the Western Santa Ynez Fault System in Southern California", Developments in Geotectonics, Recent Crustal Movements, 1977, vol. 13, Elsevier, pp. 389–403, doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-41783-1.50065-9, ISBN 9780444417831, retrieved 2020-05-21
- ^ Santa Ynez Fault, Southern California Earthquake Center, archived from the original on 2008-01-26, retrieved August 15, 2022
- ^ Minor, S.A., Kellogg, K.S., Stanley, R.G., Gurrola, L.D., Keller, E.A. and Brandt, T.R., 2009. Geologic map of the Santa Barbara coastal plain area, Santa Barbara County, California: US Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3001, scale 1: 25,000, 1 sheet, pamphlet 38 p.
External links
- USGS Fault Map
- Southern California Earthquake Data Center: Santa Ynez Fault
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