Santa Ynez Fault is a left-reverse fault in Santa Barbara County of California.[1] Its length is at least 130 km.,[2] running through Santa Ynez and north of nearby Santa Barbara. The Santa Ynez Mountains were uplifted within the last 5 million years,[3] mostly along this fault, which marks the north slope of the range.

References

  1. Sylvester, Arthur G.; Darrow, Arthur C. (1979-01-01), Whitten, C. A.; Green, R.; Meade, B. K. (eds.), "Structure and Neotectonics of the Western Santa Ynez Fault System in Southern California", Developments in Geotectonics, Recent Crustal Movements, 1977, Elsevier, vol. 13, pp. 389–403, doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-41783-1.50065-9, ISBN 9780444417831, retrieved 2020-05-21
  2. Santa Ynez Fault, Southern California Earthquake Center, archived from the original on 2008-01-26, retrieved August 15, 2022
  3. Minor, S.A., Kellogg, K.S., Stanley, R.G., Gurrola, L.D., Keller, E.A. and Brandt, T.R., 2009. Geologic map of the Santa Barbara coastal plain area, Santa Barbara County, California: US Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3001, scale 1: 25,000, 1 sheet, pamphlet 38 p.


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