The Mojave Section of the San Andreas Fault (California), 2: Pleistocene Records of Near‐Field Transpression Illuminate the Atypical Evolution of the Restraining “Big Bend”

• Published in: Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems : G3 Vol. 24; no. 10
• Main Authors: Moulin, Adrien, Cowgill, Eric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2023; Wiley
• Subjects: Advection; Evolution; Plate motion; Pleistocene; Uplift; San Andreas Fault

With an obliquity of ∼30° relative to plate motion direction, the ∼300‐km‐long Big Bend of the San Andreas Fault is one of the world's largest restraining bends. The 5–6 Ma (∼160 km of total displacement) longevity of this mechanically inefficient structure and the lack of evidence for associat...