What happens when the road crosses the creeping strike-slip fault segment? @Geotripper can tell us - he has just updated his amazing 20 year time series from a spot where US 25 crosses the #SanAndreas. Most fascinating observation is how variable the creep rate seems to be over time. https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2022/11/why-did-road-cross-san-andreas-fault-20.html
@allochthonous @Geotripper One of my favorite fault traces: through the parking lot of the Woodlands High School in The Woodlands, TX USA. This is the surface expression of the Big Barn fault, a down-to-the-basin growth fault associated with salt withdrawal into two nearby salt diapirs. There is some fault gap exhibited here, too: you can stick your arm down into the gap in places in the parking lot! The fault also goes through some nearby neighborhoods, causing expensive damage. #geology
@rock_jockey @allochthonous @Geotripper Oh, that's nice – I hope the school has an Earth Sciences program!
