The Garlock Fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault line running approximately northeast-southwest in southern California. It runs for much of its length along the southern base of the Tehachapi Mountains. It marks the northern boundary of the area known as the Mojave Block, as well as the southern ends of the Sierra Nevada and the valleys of the westernmost Basin and Range province. Stretching for 250 kilometers, it is the second-longest fault...
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The Garlock Fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault line running approximately northeast-southwest in southern California. It runs for much of its length along the southern base of the Tehachapi Mountains. It marks the northern boundary of the area known as the Mojave Block, as well as the southern ends of the Sierra Nevada and the valleys of the westernmost Basin and Range province. Stretching for 250 kilometers, it is the second-longest fault line in California and is one of the most prominent geological features in the southern part of the state.
The Garlock Fault runs from a junction with the San Andreas Fault in Antelope Valley, eastward to a junction with the Death Valley Fault Zone.
The Garlock is believed to have developed to accommodate the strain differential between the extensional tectonics of the Great Basin crust and the right lateral strike-slip faulting of the Mojave Desert crust.
Unlike most of the other faults in California, slip on the Garlock Fault is left...
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