Geology Of Southern California Flashcards
Faults and plate boundaries are always marked by what?
SHAPE LINES
What plate boundary is between Asia and India?
CONVERGENT
What separates India and Asia? Location wise from the convergent boundary where?
HIMMALAYAN MTS
NORTH OF THE CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
What is between the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean??
SAN ANDREAS FAULT
WEST OF THE BAY IS PACIFIC
What is the area surrounding CSUF?
CENTRALLY LOCATED RAGARD TO FAULTS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES
What is the closer mountains north of CSUF?
PUENTE HILLS
What is the furthest north mountain of CSUF?
SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS
What is responsible of pushing Puente hills mountains upward over time?
Whittier fault l, SOUTH OF PUENTE
What is responsible of pushing San Gabriel mountains upward over time?
SOUTH OF IT, SIERRA MADRE FAULT
Where is most of OCs drinking water located?
Robert B Delmer treatment plant YORBA LINDA
Where is OCs trashed stored?
OLINDA ALPHA LANDFILL brea
What is the most noticeable fault in Southern California?
San Andreas
What is southeast of CSUF?
SANTA ANA MOUNTA
What is northwest of Santa Ana mountains?
Elsinore fault
What was the oldest stress on Southern California? Younger?
TENSION
YOUNGER : compression
