Question

People often say that California is going to "fall into the ocean,". This idea is totally wrong because the San Andreas fault would have to be a ________ fault associated with ________ forces for this to happen.

a) normal; tension
b) normal; compression
c) reverse; tension
d) reverse; compression
e) strike-slip; compression

Answer 1

e) strike-slip; compression

Step-by-step explanation:

• The san Andreas fault is a continuous continental transform fault and is around 1200 km long and is the motion of the right lateral strike fault and is divided into the three segments on the basis of the earthquakes and is associated with the compressional forces of the North American plate and the pacific plate that forces this to happen.