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Aerial view of a glacial moraine along McGee Creek that
has been offset about 20-25 m by the Hilton Creek Fault. This
site is about 5 km south the Long Valley caldera. For scale,
note cars in the parking lot at lower left. The Hilton Creek
Fault is much larger than suggested by this relatively small
offset--its scarp in places is about 1,100 m tall and forms part
of the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada. The displacement
shown here has only occurred since the moraine was deposited
about 12,000 years ago.
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