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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Camp Rock fault canonical 2
Camp Rock Fault 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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 ⓘ