San Andreas faults

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San Andreas faults

  1. plural of San Andreas fault
  2. (geology) The component faults of the San Andreas fault system in California
    • 2003, Alexandre A. Soloviev, Vladimir Isaakovich Kelis-Borok, Nonlinear Dynamics of the Lithosphere and Earthquake Prediction, page 32:
      That might explain why the last three major earthquakes occurred not at San Andreas faults, where it would seem natural to expect them, but in both adjacent fault groups.
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