 Mendocino. Along the 185 miles of this rift where movement has actually been observed the displacement has been chiefly horizontal on a nearly vertical plane, and the country to the south-west of the rift has moved north-westerly relatively to the country...  The American Journal of Science - Page 811906Full view - About this book
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1906 - 740 pages
...evidence of the rupture and of the differential movement along the line of rift is very [JULY 19, 1906 clear and unequivocal. The surface soil presents a...varies. In several instances observed it does not exceed 6 feet. A more common measurement is 8 feet to 10 feet. In some cases as much as 15 feet or 16 feet... | |
 | Mining and scientific press, San Francisco - 1906 - 284 pages
...as Cape Mendocino, though whether the line or rift lies inland or off shore in that region is still a matter of inquiry. Adding the inferred extension...transverse cracks which show very plainly the effort of tortion within the zone of the movement. All fences, roads, stream-courses, pipe-lines, dams, conduits,... | |
 | 1906 - 802 pages
...north-east of the rift. The evidence of rupture and differential movement along the line of rift is clear and unequivocal ; the surface soil presents...generally several feet wide, with transverse cracks, showing very plainly the effect of torsion within the zone of the movement; and all roads, fences,... | |
 | 1907 - 360 pages
...country on the north-east of the rift. By this it is not intended to imply that the north-east side waa passive and the south-west side active in the movement....of the movement. All fences, roads, stream courses, pipe-lines, dams, conduits, and property lines which cross the rift are dislocated. The amount of dislocation... | |
 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1907 - 358 pages
...the inferred extension of the movement to its observed extent gives us a total length of about 300 miles. The general trend of this line is about N....of the movement. All fences, roads, stream courses, pipe-lines, dams, conduits, and property lines which cross the rift are dislocated. The amount of dislocation... | |
 | American Geographical Society of New York - 1906 - 954 pages
...us a total length of about three hundred miles. The general trend of this line is about N. 35° \V., but in Sonoma and Mendocino counties it appears to...show very plainly the effort of torsion within the /one of the movement. All fences, roads, stream courses, pipe lines, dams, conduits, and property lines... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1906 - 736 pages
...the rift has moved north-westerly relatively to the country on the north-east of the rift. By this if is not intended to imply that the north-east side...varies. In several instances observed it does not exceed 6 feet. Л more common measurement is 8 feet to jo feet. In some cases as much as 15 feet or 16 feet... | |
 | 1906 - 758 pages
...north-east of the rift. The evidence of rupture and differential movement along the line of rift is clear and unequivocal ; the surface soil presents...generally several feet wide, with transverse cracks, showing very plainly the effect of torsion within the zone of the movement ; and all roads, fences,... | |
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