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Description: Sequential diagrams showing plate-tectonic evolution of the San Andreas transform fault system (modified from Dickinson, 1981). From: "The San Andreas Fault System, California" US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1515; Chapter 3, "Geology and Plate Tectonic Development" by William P. Irwin, p75
Title: San Andreas Fault Sequential Diagrams
Credit: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1990/1515/
Author: USGS
Permission: PD
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