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The San Andreas fault on the San Francisco peninsula The San Andreas fault on the San Francisco peninsula

This field trip consists of stops in four locations that provide insight into the San Andreas fault along the San Francisco peninsula. The first two stops provide an overview and close-up look at the fault where no urbanization has occurred. The last two stops are examples of areas where urbanization occurred directly over the fault prior to current regulations. The field trip also...
Authors
Carol S. Prentice, Greg W. Bartow, N. Timothy Hall, Michele Liapes

Selected case studies using CFC data Selected case studies using CFC data

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Authors
L.N. Plummer, Eurybiades Busenberg, P.G. Cook, L. F Han, M. Groning

The San Andreas fault in Sonoma and Mendocino counties The San Andreas fault in Sonoma and Mendocino counties

This two-day trip explores the northern San Andreas fault in the Gualala area between Fort Ross and Point Arena (Fig. 1). The first stop overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge and includes a discussion of its in-progress seismic retrofit. Several subsequent stops are at paleoseismic sites on the San Andreas fault. The stop at Annapolis Road includes a short hike along the fault through the...
Authors
Carol S. Prentice, Keith I. Kelson
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