The Tesla Fault can be found in the northeastern
Diablo Range, California
The Diablo Range is a mountain range in the California Coast Ranges subdivision of the Pacific Coast Ranges in northern California, United States. It stretches from the eastern San Francisco Bay area at its northern end to the Salinas Valley are ...
. This
fault is only semi-active.
Geology
This fault has been demonstrated to have a
dextral
Sinistral and dextral, in some scientific fields, are the two types of chirality ("handedness") or relative direction. The terms are derived from the Latin words for "left" (''sinister'') and "right" (''dexter''). Other disciplines use different ...
offset of and is closely associated with the Greenville Fault.
Mocho Subbasin
The Tesla Fault forms the eastern boundary of the large aquifer known as the Mocho Subbasin. Some groundwater flow of the Mocho Subbasin occurs across the Tesla fault boundary, but flows are discontinuous below a depth of across the Tesla Fault.
[''Environmental Site Screening Analysis, 2127 Railroad Avenue, Livermore, California'', Earth Metrics rpt no. 7785, San Mateo, Ca., Feb., 1989]
See also
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Arroyo Valle
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Tassajara Formation
The Tassajara Formation is a geologic unit within the Livermore Valley of Northern California, United States. The formation surfaces only in the northern upland parts of the Livermore Valley and underlie the central part of the valley floor at a ...
References
External links
USGS Database Search, Partial Report for Greenville fault zone, Marsh Creek-Greenville section (Class A) No. 53b
Seismic faults of California
Diablo Range
Geology of Contra Costa County, California
Livermore Valley
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