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Big Sur Bend

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center 2018 (approx.)
Cartoon looks at the seafloor at an angle to reveal a steep hillslope, indicative of a fault between tectonic plates.
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Detailed Description

Perspective view of part of the Big Sur Bend in the San Gregorio-Hosgri fault. The steep slope beside the fault results from uplift along the fault, which is part of the strike-slip fault system that forms the boundary in California between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates.

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Public Domain.