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Postcards from the Field

My week out with USGS mapping the faults between San Clemente and Catalina Island. They are just a stone throw from LA, and yet, we don’t know much about either fault, including a third one that is west of Catalina Island- Catalina Ridge Fault. It’s kind of crazy. http://americangeophysicalunion.tumblr.com/post/139928166813/students-from-the-university-of-washington-with