Earthquake Hazards Program

U.S. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 1515

The San Andreas Fault System, California

Edited by Robert E. Wallace

1990

image of the cover of the book showing the fault as seen from the air looking at a shallow angle toward the ground
Front Cover: On the Carrizo Plain in central California, the San Andreas fault appears as a conspicuous gash across the terrain. Streams are offset and deflected at the fault. View northwestward.

This compilatiion of papers on the San Andreas fault consists of these parts:


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