Relation of The White Wolf Fault to the Regional Tectonic Pattern

Abstract

For a large and old fault system such as the San Andreas it is not safe to attempt to determine the configuration of the stress pattern now active from the geometry of the break. The easterly deviation of the fault in the vicinity of the Garlock intersection together with the left strike-slip displacements on the Garlock fault indicate that in addition to the regional movements parallel to the San Andreas fault there is a regional movement parallel to the Garlock fault. These two movements are eventually incompatible and it appears that the White Wolf fault is an expression of this incompatibility.

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