Why the San Andreas is not completely a Strike-Slip fault rough

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Uploaded by on Jun 28, 2010

Created by Michael Sheehan for the Southern California Earthquake Center's 2010 Mini Grand Challenge using SCEC VDO.

It explains why the San Andreas Fault is not just a strike-slip fault. Because of the Big Bend, it experiences compression in addition to translation. Being a right lateral fault, this gives rise to the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains.

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