USGS Identifier

Title: Long Valley Observatory

Photo Information

Hilton Creek Fault, Long Valley area, California
Photograph by C.D. Miller in 1978

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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U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA
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Contact: Long Valley Web Team
Last modification: 21 October 1999 (SRB)