Geol 3Part 2

David Pilcher

San Andreas FaultThe San Andreas Fault is a fault line that is less than and hours drive from West Hills Campus in Lemoore.

The San Andreas Fault is a right lateral strike slip fault.

San Andreas FaultThe fault is one of the most famous faults in the world.

During the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906, the San Andreas Fault had slipped several feet. It was a record breaking slip and one of the largest in history at one time.

In Parkfield, the San Andreas Fault creates a valley several miles across, and centers in a creek bed.

Two Types of Weathering1. Physical and Mechanical

Weathering.1. Heating and cooling causes

breaking in the rocks

2. Biological Weathering1. Organisms helping with the

breaking down of the rocks.

Mass WastingMass wasting is the process which soil and rock move downwards under gravitational force.

Rock slides are a very common type of mass wasting.

ErosionIs the transfer of sediments and rocks from one place to the next.

Wind, water and gravity can affect the transportation of sediments.

In the picture above you can see how the sediments around the trees roots have eroded away.

In the bottom picture you can see how the water in this dry creek bed has cut into the side of the bank.