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1. Chunk 1 - Mendocino Triple Junction - Correct Answer: the point off the
coast of northern California where the Juan de Fuca, Pacific, and North
American Plates meet; the San Andreas Fault begins here and continues
southward
2. Chunk 2 - Northern SAF and San Francisco Bay Area - Correct Answer: -
On/off shore
- once it reaches San Francisco permanently onshore - - small
restraining bands (compressional) and releasing bands (tensional)
that can create sag ponds
3. Chunk 3 - Central CA - Correct Answer: - long segment through Coastal
Ranges
- known for numerous small earthquakes (<4.0) instead of one large
one sometimes
- cause constant movement
- we can watch it move all the time!
, 4. Chunk 4 - Big Bend - Correct Answer: the portion of the San Andreas
fault where a restraining bend has resulted in the uplift of the Transverse
Ranges
5. Northridge Earthquake - Correct Answer: a magnitude 6.7 earthquake
that occurred in 1994 on the Big Bend segment of the San Andreas Fault
6. releasing bend - Correct Answer: a bend in a strike-slip fault that creates
tensional stress in that area of the fault; depressions and sag ponds can
develop
7. restraining bend - Correct Answer: a bend in a strike-slip fault that
creates compressional stress in that area of the fault; ridges and mountains
can develop
8. right lateral strike slip - Correct Answer: a strike-slip fault where
horizontal movement offsets features to the right as you look across the
fault
9. sag pond - Correct Answer: a water-filled depression formed at a
releasing bend along a strike-slip fault
10.Salton Trough - Correct Answer: a basin created in the southernmost
part of California due the landward extension of the divergent boundary
currently ripping Baja California away from mainland Mexico