Re: study on fault slip
Posted by Don in Hollister on February 02, 2004 at 16:16:54:

Hi Chris. You may find this interesting. According to geophysicist Chris Scholz, scientist may have the wrong interpretation of the San Andreas Fault. Take Care…Don in creepy town

“Since the 1960s, the San Andreas has been considered unusual because it appears to be relatively cool. An active fault of its size - along which a large section of California's southern coast grinds northwest relative to the rest of the state - should produce a substantial amount of frictional heat that warms the surrounding ground. But because no such heating around the fault zone has been detected, the San Andreas has long been interpreted as unusually weak - that is, of low friction such that little heat is produced.”



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