San Andreas fault

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• San Andreas Fault — География: Разлом Сан Андреас (Калифорния) (see http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/San+Andreas+Fault) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• San Gabriel Fault — The San Gabriel Fault is a geological fault that forms the boundary of the southern portion of the San Gabriel Mountains and running about 87 miles (140 kilometers). The fault is a right lateral strike slip that was last active 1,000 of years ago …   Wikipedia

• San Andreas fault — /san an dray euhs/, Geol. an active strike slip fault in W United States, extending from San Francisco to S California and forming the on land portion of the western margin of the North American Plate. [after San Andreas Lake, located in the rift …   Universalium

• San Andreas Fault — The San Andreas Fault is a geologic transform fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles (1,300 km) through California in the United States. The fault s motion is right lateral strike slip (horizontal motion). It forms the tectonic boundary… …   Wikipedia

• San Andreas Fault — geographical name zone of faults California extending from N coast toward head of Gulf of California …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• San Jacinto Fault Zone — The San Jacinto Fault Zone is a major fault zone in Southern California. It runs for 130 miles (210 km) [ [http://www.data.scec.org/fault index/sanjacin.html San Jacinto Fault Zone ] ] through San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego and Imperial… …   Wikipedia

• San Andreas — is an archaic variation of the Spanish language San Andrés (Saint Andrew, the apostle). It may refer to:*San Andreas Fault, a geologic fault that runs through California, USA *San Andreas Lake, a lake near San Francisco, California for which the… …   Wikipedia



• Faille De San Andreas — La faille de San Andreas, située en Californie, est une faille géologique, en décrochement, à la jonction des plaques tectoniques du Pacifique et de l Amérique. Cette grande faille qui passe notamment par San Francisco et Los Angeles provoque des …   Wikipédia en Français



• Faille de san andreas — La faille de San Andreas, située en Californie, est une faille géologique, en décrochement, à la jonction des plaques tectoniques du Pacifique et de l Amérique. Cette grande faille qui passe notamment par San Francisco et Los Angeles provoque des …   Wikipédia en Français



• Faille de San Andreas — 35°07′N 119°39′W / 35.117, 119.65 …   Wikipédia en Français