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Avenue 'S' Roadcut

Rock Layers Being Pushed And Folded By The San Andreas!

Map data: 2013 Google, 2013 DigitalGlobe

Location of Avenue S Roadcut

on Highway 14 in Lancaster, CA.

​34.5 latitude, -118.1 longitude

 

A Look Inside
A Hill

When the 14 Freeway was built, they cut through a hillside to put in the road.  What they found was evidence of the San Andreas Fault putting so much pressure on the rocks that they were actually bent!

Showing the inside of a hill
Showing the inside of a hill

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Bent and folded rocks
Bent and folded rocks

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A "Sag Pond" near Ave. S
A "Sag Pond" near Ave. S

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Showing the inside of a hill
Showing the inside of a hill

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