Along the San Jacinto Fault (IMAGE)

University of Oregon

Along the San Jacinto Fault

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A view of Font's Point, located along the San Jacinto Fault in Southern California, in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. A team of researchers, including Rebecca Dorsey at the University of Oregon, has found that fault reorganization 600,000 years ago began the process of a sheet-like alluvial deposit that formed the popular Font's Point escarpment.

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Photo by Rebecca Dorsey

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