Camp Rock fault

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The Camp Rock fault is a significant right-lateral strike-slip fault in the Mojave Desert of Southern California that forms part of the active Eastern California Shear Zone accommodating motion between the Pacific and North American plates.

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Camp Rock fault canonical 2
Camp Rock Fault 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic fault
right-lateral fault
strike-slip fault
accommodates relative motion between Pacific Plate and North American Plate
associatedWith Eastern California shear deformation
intraplate deformation of North American Plate
category Active faults of California
continent North America
country United States
deformationStyle brittle crustal faulting
displacementType horizontal displacement dominant
faultSystem Eastern California Shear Zone fault system
geologicProvince Basin and Range–Mojave transition zone
hazardType earthquake hazard
isActive true
lithosphereType continental crust
locatedIn California
Mojave Desert
Southern California
motionType right-lateral strike-slip
near central Mojave Desert
orientation northwest-southeast trend (approximate)
partOf Eastern California Shear Zone
Pacific–North America plate boundary zone
plateBoundaryType transform-related shear zone
region eastern California
seismotectonicRole accommodates part of Pacific–North America plate boundary slip away from San Andreas Fault
slipSense dextral
tectonicProcess shear
tectonicSetting boundary zone between Pacific Plate and North American Plate

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern California Shear Zone hasPart Camp Rock fault
1992 Landers earthquake rupturedFault Camp Rock Fault
linked to: Camp Rock fault
Calico–Hidalgo fault zone relatedTo Camp Rock fault