San Andreas faults

noun

The component faults of the San Andreas fault system in California

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of San Andreas fault
  2. geographyThe component faults of the San Andreas fault system in California

    That might explain why the last three major earthquakes occurred not at San Andreas faults, where it would seem natural to expect them, but in both adjacent fault groups.

    2003, Alexandre A. Soloviev, Vladimir Isaakovich Kelis-Borok, Nonlinear Dynamics of the Lithosphere and Earthquake Prediction, page 32
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