The San Andreas Fault is a major right lateral strike slip fault less than an hour from West Hills Campus. During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the fault slipped several feet, one of the largest single slips in history. It forms a valley several miles wide centered on a creek bed in Parkfield. Physical and mechanical weathering break rocks through heating and cooling or organisms. Mass wasting is the downward movement of soil and rock under gravity, such as common rock slides. Erosion is the transport of sediments and rocks from one area to another by wind, water, and gravity.

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2. San Andreas FaultThe San Andreas Fault is a fault line that is less than and hours drive from West Hills Campus in Lemoore.The San Andreas Fault is a right lateral strike slip fault.

3. San Andreas FaultThe fault is one of the most famous faults in the world. During the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906, the San Andreas Fault had slipped several feet. It was a record breaking slip and one of the largest in history at one time.In Parkfield, the San Andreas Fault creates a valley several miles across, and centers in a creek bed.

4. Two Types of WeatheringPhysical and Mechanical Weathering.Heating and cooling causes breaking in the rocksBiological WeatheringOrganisms helping with the breaking down of the rocks.

5. Mass WastingMass wasting is the process which soil and rock move downwards under gravitational force.Rock slides are a very common type of mass wasting.

6. ErosionIs the transfer of sediments and rocks from one place to the next. Wind, water and gravity can affect the transportation of sediments.In the picture above you can see how the sediments around the trees roots have eroded away. In the bottom picture you can see how the water in this dry creek bed has cut into the side of the bank.