Monterey County has always been a place that I have wanted to travel to. From the beach scenery to the mountain scenery, it would seem like always a perfect place for someone that could not decided between wanting a mountain like view or beach front home. Monterey county is located almost in the middle of California on the west coast. When speaking in terms of geology monetary lies between the North American plate and Pacific Plates. With that information in mind, the formation of the uplift in plate movement appears to be due to this movement. Many faults can be found throughout regions of this area, for example one of the most predominate faults is found San Andreas Fault (pictured) is most prone to earth quack activity. There is also an additional fault that can be found closer to the monetary bay area which is called the San Gregorio fault zone but does not have near the earth quack activity that the San Andreas Fault does.
Another large feature that can be found in this region of the county is known as the Monterey canyon. One example that I found online that I really liked was picture the Grand Canyon, but upside down in the water. This canyon is home to dozens of turtles, fish, and other animals that wish for a dark place located deep within the ocean. This feature has been studied for many years, but it appears that this feature was created by sediments flowing outside of California central valley. Just like erosion is caused above water, the same logic is true for underwater formations.
1) One thing that I have always heard is that “California is going to fall of United States”. I know that the Pacific plate and North American plate are moving horizontally from each, but at what point will a slide happen that creates places like San Francisco being closer to say los Angeles?
2) How did monetary canyon form so quickly? It is understood that sediment from the rivers flowing in would cause erosion, but it seems like it would take more than what it currently has. Sediments would have to be larger in size in my opinion to cause this kind of depth and span.
3) Will earthquakes caused by San Gregorio fault zone become more severe than they currently are?
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