Ramon's Image Gallery Selected images and captions from research in active tectonics and tectonic geomorphology Shaded relief map of central California showing the situation of the Carrizo Plain in the Coast Ranges. Side looking airborne radar image of the Carrizo Plain area.
Direction is toward northeast.
The rugged topography of the Temblor Range along the northeast side of the image is a contrast to the flatter Carrizo Plain. The patchwork texture of the Carrizo Plain results from variable grazing and farming practives on different properties. Local relief along the SAF and a more westerly SAF strike increase toward the southeast. In the area of Wallace Creek in the northwest, little local relief is evident and Recent fault activity has been confined to predominantly strike-slip along a narrow zone. Toward the southeast in the Elkhorn Hills, on the other hand, local relief is evident and secondary fault activity increase, possibly the result of increased contraction across the SAF zone caused by a more westerly strike as it enters the Big Bend.