Tesla Fault

Tesla Fault

The Tesla Fault is a seismically active geological structure associated with the Diablo Range in the vicinity of the Livermore Valley in California. This fault has been demonstrated to have a dextral offset of 8.5 kilometers and is closely associated with the Greenville Fault. [Cotton, W.R., 1972, "Preliminary geologic map of the Franciscan rocks in the central part of the Diablo Range, Santa Clara and Alameda Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-343 (Basic Data Contribution 39)", 2 sheets, scale 1:62,500] . 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 fifty feet across the Tesla Fault. ["Environmental Site Screening Analysis, 2127 Railroad Avenue, Livermore, California", Earth Metrics rpt no. 7785, San Mateo, Ca., Feb., 1989]

ee also

*Mocho Subbasin
*Arroyo del Valle
*Tassajara Formation

References

External links

* [http://gldims.cr.usgs.gov/webapps/cfusion/Sites/qfault/qf_web_disp.cfm?disp_cd=P&qfault_or=1303&ims_cf_cd=c ]


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