Curved drainages (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Curved drainages

Caption

This aerial image of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain shows numerous curved drainages where fault slip has stretched stream channels to the left. Eventually, the channels get 'reset' when water overtops the channel to flow straight across the fault again.

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Kelian Dascher-Cousineau/B4 Lidar Project

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