Owens Valley fault zone
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The Owens Valley fault zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates significant crustal movement and has produced large historical earthquakes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Owens Valley fault zone canonical | 4 |
| Owens Valley Fault | 1 |
| Owens Valley fault | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12854211 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Owens Valley fault zone Context triple: [Eastern California Shear Zone, hasPart, Owens Valley fault zone]
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A.
Elsinore Fault Zone
The Elsinore Fault Zone is a major right-lateral strike-slip fault system in Southern California that accommodates part of the motion between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates and poses significant seismic hazard to the region.
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B.
Garlock Fault
The Garlock Fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southern California that forms the northern boundary of the Mojave Desert and plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic deformation.
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C.
Heezen Fault Zone
The Heezen Fault Zone is a major undersea geological fault system named in honor of American oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen, recognized for his pioneering work in mapping the ocean floor.
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D.
Greendale Fault
The Greendale Fault is a previously unrecognized tectonic fault in New Zealand’s Canterbury region that ruptured during the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, producing significant ground deformation across the rural landscape.
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E.
Ridgecrest fault system
The Ridgecrest fault system is a network of active strike-slip faults in the eastern California desert that produced the powerful 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Owens Valley fault zone Target entity description: The Owens Valley fault zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates significant crustal movement and has produced large historical earthquakes.
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A.
Elsinore Fault Zone
The Elsinore Fault Zone is a major right-lateral strike-slip fault system in Southern California that accommodates part of the motion between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates and poses significant seismic hazard to the region.
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B.
Garlock Fault
The Garlock Fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southern California that forms the northern boundary of the Mojave Desert and plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic deformation.
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C.
Heezen Fault Zone
The Heezen Fault Zone is a major undersea geological fault system named in honor of American oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen, recognized for his pioneering work in mapping the ocean floor.
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D.
Greendale Fault
The Greendale Fault is a previously unrecognized tectonic fault in New Zealand’s Canterbury region that ruptured during the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, producing significant ground deformation across the rural landscape.
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E.
Ridgecrest fault system
The Ridgecrest fault system is a network of active strike-slip faults in the eastern California desert that produced the powerful 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active fault
ⓘ
geologic fault ⓘ strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| accommodates |
crustal extension in the Basin and Range Province
ⓘ
right-lateral shear between the Pacific and North American plates ⓘ |
| affects |
Owens Valley hydrology
ⓘ
topography of eastern Sierra Nevada front ⓘ |
| age | Quaternary activity ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| deformationStyle | strike-slip with normal components ⓘ |
| displacementType | horizontal displacement dominant ⓘ |
| evidenceOfActivity |
fault scarps
ⓘ
historical surface ruptures ⓘ offset geomorphic features ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Fish Slough fault
ⓘ
Independence fault ⓘ Owens Valley fault ⓘ
linked to:
Owens Valley fault zone
White Mountain fault system ⓘ |
| hasProduced | large historical earthquakes ⓘ |
| hazardType | earthquake hazard ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Basin and Range Province
ⓘ
Owens Valley ⓘ eastern California ⓘ eastern Sierra Nevada region ⓘ |
| maximumHistoricalMagnitude | about 7.4–7.9 Mw ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | United States Geological Survey ⓘ |
| movementType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| near |
Inyo Mountains
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ White Mountains ⓘ |
| notableEarthquake | 1872 Owens Valley earthquake ⓘ |
| orientation | north-northwest–south-southeast ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
Sierra Nevada range front
ⓘ
eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern California shear zone
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern California Shear Zone
|
| plateBoundaryRole | accommodates a fraction of Pacific–North America plate motion ⓘ |
| region |
Inyo County, California
ⓘ
Mono County, California ⓘ |
| researchField |
paleoseismology
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seismology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| seismicity | high ⓘ |
| slipSense | dextral ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
Pacific–North America plate boundary zone
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific–North American plate boundary system
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Owens Valley fault zone Description of subject: The Owens Valley fault zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in eastern California that accommodates significant crustal movement and has produced large historical earthquakes.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Owens Valley fault zone
linked to: Owens Valley fault zone