Silver Creek Fault

The Silver Creek Fault is a potentially seismically active northwest-southeast trending geological structure in Santa Clara County, California. The Silver Creek Fault runs through and adjacent to the convert|25|mi|km long and convert|5|mi|km|0 wide Evergreen Basin, [ [http://achaia.unavco.org/public/meetings/viewabstract.asp?id=2296&yr=2003 Definition of the Silver Creek Fault and Evergreen Basin from Active-Source Seismic Reflection Imaging, San Jose, California] ] and generally lies parallel and between the Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek in the city of San Jose. No historic activity of the Silver Creek Fault has been recorded. ["Environmental Site Assessment 251 River Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California", Earth Metrics Report 10087, Aug. 3, 1989] The Silver Creek Fault is parallel to the Hayward Fault, which is located convert|5|mi|km|0 to the east. New research in 2003 suggests an extension of the Silver Creek Fault may run the entire length of the East Bay. [ [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003AGUFM.S21F0403S Aerial mapping of the Silver Creek Fault] ]

ee also

*Flood
*Silicon Valley
*Richter Scale

References

External links

* [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002CD/finalprogram/abstract_34607.htm Large offset on the Silver Creek Fault]