active faults of the los angeles basin
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Active faults of the
northern Los Angeles
basin: Field excursion
overview
Robert de Groot, Lindsey T. Groves, Rosa Mazon, Kristen Metzger, Alyssa Morgan, Molly Porter
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From Ziony, 1985
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From Ziony, 1985
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From Ziony, 1985
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From Yerkes & others, 1965
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From Ziony, 1985
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From Lynch, 2006
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From Yerkes & others, 1965
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Portion of the Los Angeles 2° sheet (Jenkins, 1969, RP 1975)
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View northwest from the Baldwin Hills Scenic
Overlook of the Los Angeles Basin.
Santa Monica Fault Zone
Santa Monica Mountains
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View north from the Baldwin Hills Scenic
Overlook of the Los Angeles Basin.
Hollywood Fault Zone Santa Monica Mountains
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View north from the Baldwin Hills Scenic
Overlook of the Los Angeles Basin.
Hollywood
San Gabriel Mountains Cahuenga Pass “Wind Gap” ↓
Fault Zone
Verdugo Mountains ↓
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Scarp of the Santa Monica Fault on Westgate Ave. (west side)
of University High School, West Los Angeles
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Scarp of the Santa Monica Fault on Barrington Ave. (east
side) of University High School, West Los Angeles
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Scarp of the Santa Monica Fault on the Veterans
Administration Medical Center grounds, West Los Angeles
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From Dolan & others, 2000
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From Dolan & others, 2000
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Scarp of Santa Monica Fault and LDS Temple as it
“looms over famous Santa Monica Blvd. in Westwood.”
Santa Monica Fault
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Capitol Records building with scarp of
Hollywood Fault in background
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Scarp of the Hollywood Fault at La Cienega and
Sunset Blvds., Hollywood
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Inferred scarp of Hollywood Fault, Fuller Ave. at
Hillside St. where it is covered by alluvial fan
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Inferred scarp of Hollywood Fault, Fuller Ave. at
Hillside St. where it is covered by alluvial fan
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From Dolan & others, 1997
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View south from Griffith Planetarium
Palos Verdes Hills Santa Catalina Island
Hollywood Fault Zone
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View southwest from Griffith Planetarium
Elysian Park Folds
Puente Hills
Mt. Washington & Repetto Hills
Santa Ana Mountains
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View east from Griffith Planetarium
San Gabriel Mountains
Adams Hill Mt. Washington
San Rafael Hills
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Steeply dipping beds (~40°) of the late Miocene Puente Formation
on Glendale Blvd. within the Elysian Park fold system, Echo Park.
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Gently dipping beds (~25°) of the late Miocene Puente Formation on
Glendale Blvd. within the Elysian Park fold system, Echo Park.
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Steeply dipping beds (~40°) of the late Miocene Puente Formation on
Glendale Blvd. within the Elysian Park fold system, Echo Park.
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Prominent fault scarp of the Raymond Fault, Santa Anita
Racetrack parking lot, Arcadia.
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Scarp trace of the Raymond Fault at Colorado Blvd., Arcadia
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From Jones & others, 1990
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Sag area, Lacy Park, San Marino
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Lacy Park, Arcadia with inferred left step-over in Raymond
Fault
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Pasadena Langham Hotel atop scarp of Raymond Fault
from Oak Knoll Rd. at Old Mill Rd.
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View north up side street in Boyle Heights off Cesar
Chavez Blvd. towards Elysian Park folds
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Small fold structure in Evergreen Cemetery, Boyle Heights
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View north on Evergreen St. at Evergreen Cemetery of
small fold structure
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Oskin & others, 2000
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Can
earthquakes
be
predicted?
From Science made stupid
by Tom Weller (1985)
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OCTOBER 17th, 2013 at 10:17 AM