The Garlock Fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault running northeast–southwest along the north margins of the Mojave Desert of Southern California, for much of its length along the southern base of the Tehachapi Mountains. == Geography == Stretching for 250 kilometers (160 mi), it is the second-longest fault in California, and one of the most prominent geological features in the southern part of the state.
The Garlock Fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault running northeast–southwest along the north margins of the Mojave Desert of Southern California, for much of its length along the southern base of the Tehachapi Mountains. == Geography == Stretching for 250 kilometers (160 mi), it is the second-longest fault in California, and one of the most prominent geological features in the southern part of the state.
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