Kern Canyon Fault

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The Kern Canyon Fault is a geological fault which runs the length of Kern Canyon in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains in California.

The fault was once considered inactive, but recent studies show the contrary.^[1]^[2]

The fault is a break in the southern section of the Sierra Nevada-Great Valley Block, manifesting differences in the stresses in this region over a period of over 100 million years. The fault was formerly right lateral-moving (horizontal sliding), but has changed to a normal (vertical lifting) mode of motion over the past several thousands of years.^[2]

References

↑ Nadin, E. S.; Saleeby, J. B. (2005). "Recent Motion on the Kern Canyon Fault, Southern Sierra Nevada, California". American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 51: 1369. Bibcode:2005AGUFM.T51D1369N. #T51D-1369.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Nadin, Elisabeth S.; Saleeby, Jason B. (September 2010). "Quaternary Reactivation of the Kern Canyon Fault System, Southern Sierra Nevada, California". GSA Bulletin 122 (9–10): 1671–1685. Bibcode:2010GSAB..122.1671N. doi:10.1130/B30009.1.

Coordinates: 35°36′N 118°30′W / 35.6°N 118.5°W / 35.6; -118.5

v t e Seismically active fault zones, and tectonic blocks of California

Statewide Faults	San Andreas Fault

Faults, zones, and blocks of Southern California	Brawley Seismic Zone Chino Fault Elsinore Fault Zone Elysian Park Fault Garlock Fault Hosgri Fault Imperial Fault Zone Laguna Salada Fault Newport-Inglewood Fault Peninsular Ranges Puente Hills Fault Raymond Fault Rose Canyon Fault Salton Trough Salinian Block San Felipe Fault Zone San Gabriel Fault San Jacinto Fault Zone Santa Maria River Fault Santa Ynez Fault Shoreline Fault White Wolf Fault Whittier Fault Yorba Linda Fault

Faults and zones of Northern California	Calaveras Fault Clayton-Marsh Creek-Greenville Fault Hayward Fault Zone Healdsburg Fault Maacama Fault Mendocino Fracture Zone Mendocino Triple Junction Mount Diablo Thrust Fault Monta Vista Fault Pleasanton Fault San Gregorio Fault San Pablo Fault Seal Cove Fault Serra Fault Silver Creek Fault Tesla Fault

Sierra Nevada faults, zones, and blocks	Death Valley Fault Zone Furnace Creek Fault Zone Honey Lake Fault Zone Kern Canyon Fault Maria fold and thrust belt Rescue Lineament-Bear Mountains fault zone Sierra Nevada Batholith Sierra Nevada Fault Sierra Nevada-Great Valley Block Smartville Block Walker Lane

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