California Certified Engineering Geologist Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update !!

California Certified Engineering Geologist Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update !! 1. Chunk 1 - Mendocino Triple Junction - Correct Answer: the point off the coast of northern California where the Juan de Fuca, Pacific, and North American Plates meet; the San Andreas Fault begins here and continues southward 2. Chunk 2 - Northern SAF and San Francisco Bay Area Correct Answer: - On/off shore - once it reaches San Francisco permanently onshore - - small restraining bands (compressional) and releasing bands (tensional) that can create sag ponds 3. Chunk 3 - Central CA - Correct Answer: - long segment through Coastal Ranges - known for numerous small earthquakes (4.0) instead of one large one sometimes - cause constant movement - we can watch it move all the time! 4. Chunk 4 - Big Bend - Correct Answer: the portion of the San Andreas fault where a restraining bend has resulted in the uplift of the Transverse Ranges 5. Northridge Earthquake - Correct Answer: a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that occurred in 1994 on the Big Bend segment of the San Andreas Fault 6. releasing bend - Correct Answer: a bend in a strike-slip fault that creates tensional stress in that area of the fault; depressions and sag ponds can develop 7. restraining bend - Correct Answer: a bend in a strike-slip fault that creates compressional stress in that area of the fault; ridges and mountains can develop 8. right lateral strike slip - Correct Answer: a strike-slip fault where horizontal movement offsets features to the right as you look across the fault 9. sag pond - Correct Answer: a water-filled depression formed at a releasing bend along a strike-slip fault 10. Salton Trough - Correct Answer: a basin created in the southernmost part of California due the landward extension of the divergent boundary currently ripping Baja California away from mainland Mexico 11. San Francisco Earthquake - Correct Answer: a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that occurred in 1906 on the northern segment of the San Andreas Fault 12. San Gabriel Fault - Correct Answer: a fault that runs along the south side of the San Gabriel Mountains; it has not been active in 3 million years