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Undertoad Thursday Apr 20 02:46 PM |
4/20/2006: San Andreas Fault marked by fence movement
Trilby Thursday Apr 20 03:24 PM Yeah, that would be my excuse. Some foreman would come along and tell me the fence I just built was crooked and I'd say it was San Andreas's fault. Cochese Thursday Apr 20 03:29 PM Shouldn't the road be affected too? glatt Thursday Apr 20 03:46 PM Maybe the road has been re-paved since the fence was built. The fence looks real old. barefoot serpent Thursday Apr 20 03:57 PM The San Andreas Fault is an example of a right-lateral fault. That is, the slippage appears to move to the right looking across the fault line. Elspode Thursday Apr 20 05:06 PM The April National Geographic has a piece about the San Francisco quake. In it, they have a picture of a fence that was originally constructed something like 75 years ago. Although it was rebuilt in the 1970's, according to the caption, it was rebuilt exactly as it was when it was torn down. Therefore, you see a displacement between sections of the fence of something like 15 feet... Elspode Thursday Apr 20 05:17 PM ...and here is the same fence, albeit not the same exact NG picture. Wombat Thursday Apr 20 07:05 PM When I was at school there was a geography textbook with a great aerial shot of a long straight highway running through a desert. In the middle of the highway it did a sudden right-left turn where an eartquake had caused the land to slip sideways by about 20 metres. I've googled for this pic but unfortunately I can't find it. xoxoxoBruce Thursday Apr 20 07:59 PM Here's the link. to the Earth Science story. xoxoxoBruce Thursday Apr 20 08:06 PM Quote:
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. Kagen4o4 Thursday Apr 20 09:24 PM Quote:
nice that seems to be my response to most of your posts capnhowdy Thursday Apr 20 10:17 PM Very different setup on the electric fence than what I'm used to seeing. skysidhe Thursday Apr 20 10:30 PM I can't figure this one out. Prepare to be befuddled. milkfish Thursday Apr 20 10:56 PM I like how someone posted a sign in the background of the picture so that Mother Nature would know what to do. wolf Friday Apr 21 01:31 AM Quote:
floatingk Friday Apr 21 04:49 AM That reminds me of a place in Iowa where the mainstreet through town takes a right-lefter. This was due to a datum update or change and it turns ou the road perfectly follows a line of latitude. So as they were building it, they had to update it as well... xoxoxoBruce Friday Apr 21 07:04 AM Quote:
Maybe it's a tourist attraction. Kitsune Friday Apr 21 10:46 AM Quote:
barefoot serpent Friday Apr 21 10:55 AM Quote:
form here: http://www.csun.edu/~vcgeo004/chapt15.htm gen131 Friday Apr 21 12:14 PM There is a fault line that crosses I-80 just west of Fairfield, California on the way to Vallejo. Every few years or so, they have to repave a couple yards of asphalt across the freeway, and repair the dividing wall as it breaks apart. My dad has commuted this stretch of 80 for over 20 years and I commuted it for 3, so we both have been able to see it. Sorry, no pictures tho. Maybe someone else has seen it? BrianR Saturday Apr 22 12:18 AM ME!
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