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Lineations on a strand of the Soda-Avawatz Fault Zone northern Soda Mt

Detailed Description

Lineations on a vertical fault strand of the Soda-Avawatz Fault Zone, exposed in the northern Soda Mountains, Mojave Desert, southern California. The fault can be seen cutting both late Tertiary sand and gravel units, but is buried by an overlying mid-Pleistocene alluvial gravel deposit.

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Public Domain.