Folding caused by movement along the San Andreas at Avenue S on the SR-14 Freeway. Strata is the Pliocene Anaverde Formation, which is mostly comprised of weak shales and siltstones.
San Andres Fault - S14
Folding caused by movement along the San Andreas at Avenue S
on the SR-14 Freeway. Strata is the Pliocene Anaverde Formation, which is mostly
comprised of weak shales and siltstones.
Many features of the San Andreas Fault are visible along Elizabeth Lake Road (County Road N2). Fault Slice Ridges are visible on the north side of the road between Bouquet Canyon Road and Johnson Pass Road. More evidence of the fault is the narrow, linear valley that the highway goes through. Sag ponds also exist here. Elizabeth Lake, Munz Lakes, and Lake Hughes are sag ponds. Some of them may have been enlarged by man but look much the same. Other examples of fault features are offset streams. Movement along the fault has produced some spectacular folding. This is most evident at Avenue S on State Route 14. The ridge line that runs along here was formed as a result of fault movement. The last time the fault moved here was January 9, 1857. Over 13 feet of movement occurred here. This fault is what people in Southern California refer to as THE Fault. Source - San Andreas Fault