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San Andreas faults

San Andreas faults noun: the component faults of the San Andreas fault system in California. Also the plural of San Andreas fault.

Noun

San Andreas faults

  1. The component faults of the San Andreas fault system in California
    • That might explain why the last three major earthquakes occurred not at San Andreas faults, where it would seem natural to expect them, but in both adjacent fault groups.2003, Alexandre A. Soloviev, Vladimir Isaakovich Kelis-Borok, Nonlinear Dynamics of the Lithosphere and Earthquake Prediction, page 32

Also used as

San Andreas faults is also the plural of San Andreas fault.

Questions about San Andreas faults

What does San Andreas faults mean?
San Andreas faults means the component faults of the San Andreas fault system in California.
What part of speech is San Andreas faults?
San Andreas faults is a noun.

Words near San Andreas faults in the dictionary

  1. San Alejo
  2. San Andrean
  3. San Andreans
  4. San Andreas
  5. San Andreas Fault
  6. San Andreas faults
  7. San Andres
  8. San Andres I
  9. San Andres II
  10. San Andrés
  11. San Andrés Chicahuaxtla

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