Santa Ynez Fault

Santa Ynez Fault is a left-reverse fault in Santa Barbara County of California.^[1] Its length is at least 130 km.,^[2] running through Santa Ynez and north of nearby Santa Barbara. The Santa Ynez Mountains were uplifted within the last 5 million years,^[3] mostly along this fault, which marks the north slope of the range.

References

^ Sylvester, Arthur G.; Darrow, Arthur C. (1979-01-01), Whitten, C. A.; Green, R.; Meade, B. K. (eds.), "Structure and Neotectonics of the Western Santa Ynez Fault System in Southern California", Developments in Geotectonics, Recent Crustal Movements, 1977, vol. 13, Elsevier, pp. 389–403, doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-41783-1.50065-9, ISBN 9780444417831, retrieved 2020-05-21
^ Santa Ynez Fault, Southern California Earthquake Center, archived from the original on 2008-01-26, retrieved August 15, 2022
^ Minor, S.A., Kellogg, K.S., Stanley, R.G., Gurrola, L.D., Keller, E.A. and Brandt, T.R., 2009. Geologic map of the Santa Barbara coastal plain area, Santa Barbara County, California: US Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3001, scale 1: 25,000, 1 sheet, pamphlet 38 p.

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[1] Sylvester, Arthur G.; Darrow, Arthur C. (1979-01-01), Whitten, C. A.; Green, R.; Meade, B. K. (eds.), "Structure and Neotectonics of the Western Santa Ynez Fault System in Southern California", Developments in Geotectonics, Recent Crustal Movements, 1977, vol. 13, Elsevier, pp. 389–403, doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-41783-1.50065-9, ISBN 9780444417831, retrieved 2020-05-21

[2] Santa Ynez Fault, Southern California Earthquake Center, archived from the original on 2008-01-26, retrieved August 15, 2022

[3] Minor, S.A., Kellogg, K.S., Stanley, R.G., Gurrola, L.D., Keller, E.A. and Brandt, T.R., 2009. Geologic map of the Santa Barbara coastal plain area, Santa Barbara County, California: US Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3001, scale 1: 25,000, 1 sheet, pamphlet 38 p.

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v t e Seismically active fault zones and tectonic blocks of California
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Southern California	Brawley Seismic Zone Chino Fault Elsinore Fault Zone Elysian Park Fault Garlock Fault Hollywood fault Hosgri Fault Imperial Fault Zone Laguna Salada Fault Newport–Inglewood Fault Northridge Blind Thrust Fault Peninsular Ranges Puente Hills Fault Raymond Fault Rose Canyon Fault Salton Trough San Cayetano Fault San Diego Trough Fault Zone San Felipe Fault Zone San Gabriel Fault San Jacinto Fault Zone Santa Maria River Fault Santa Ynez Fault Shoreline Fault Sierra Madre Fault Zone Ventura Fault White Wolf Fault Whittier Fault Yorba Linda Fault
Northern California	Bartlett Springs Fault Calaveras Fault Clayton-Marsh Creek-Greenville Fault Concord Fault Hayward Fault Zone Healdsburg Fault Maacama Fault Mendocino Fracture Zone Mendocino Triple Junction Mount Diablo Thrust Fault Monta Vista Fault Nacimiento Fault Pleasanton Fault Rinconada Fault San Gregorio Fault San Pablo Fault Seal Cove Fault Serra Fault Silver Creek Fault Tesla Fault West Napa Fault
Sierra Nevada	Death Valley Fault Zone Furnace Creek Fault Zone Honey Lake Fault Zone Kern Canyon Fault Maria fold and thrust belt Owens Valley Fault Rescue Lineament-Bear Mountains fault zone Sierra Nevada Batholith Sierra Nevada Fault Sierra Nevada-Great Valley Block Smartville Block Walker Lane
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Santa Ynez Fault

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