Berkeley San Francisco PACIFIC OCEAN San Andreas Fault CALIFORNIA Os Ov Q Quaternary rocks: 2.6-0 Ma Ov Oligocene volcanic rocks: 23.5 Ma Santa Barbara Os Oligocene sedimentary rocks: 25 Ma K Cretaceous rocks: 145-65 Ma 0 100 200 km Los Angeles
Berkeley San Francisco PACIFIC OCEAN San Andreas Fault CALIFORNIA Os Ov Q Quaternary rocks: 2.6-0 Ma Ov Oligocene volcanic rocks: 23.5 Ma Santa Barbara Os Oligocene sedimentary rocks: 25 Ma K Cretaceous rocks: 145-65 Ma 0 100 200 km Los Angeles
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San Andreas Transform Boundary Plate Motion
The geologic map below of southern California shows the position of the famous San Andreas Fault, a transform plate boundary between the North American Plate (east side) and the Pacific Plate (west side). The relative motion between the plates is indicated by the half arrows along the transform plate boundary (i.e., the Pacific Plate is moving to the northwest relative to the North American Plate).
Note the two bodies of Oligocene volcanic rocks (labeled Ov) on the map in the previous page located along either side of the San Andreas Fault. These rocks are about 23.5 million years old and were once one body of rock. They have been separated by displacement along the fault.
21. Based on the offset of these volcanic rocks, what is the average annual rate of relative plate motion in cm/yr?
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0.67 cm/yr
2 cm/yr
6.7 cm/yr
1.5 cm/yr
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley
San
Francisco
K
Os
Q
San Andreas Fault
Ov
PACIFIC OCEAN
Os
Ov
Q
Ov
Os
K
Quaternary rocks: 2.6-0 Ma
Oligocene volcanic rocks: 23.5 Ma
Oligocene sedimentary rocks: 25 Ma
Santa
Barbara
Los Angeles
Cretaceous rocks: 145-65 Ma
100
200 km
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