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originally posted by: CADpro
We watched a movie 2012 the other night. It was awesome seeing CA crack apart tilting into the sea. That's one way to clean up all the crap off the sidewalks.
The start of the San Andreas fault is hit by the 'slow one': Sunken sinkhole of bubbling mud is moving across Salton Sea destroying everything in its path
It is the beginning of the San Andreas fault, where experts fear 'The Big One' could begin.
But a small, bubbling pool of mud that stinks of rotting eggs near the Salton Sea is causing concern.
Dubbed 'the slow one', experts studying the phenomenon say it is similar to a 'moving sinkhole' - and is speeding up, destroying everything in its path.
This natural-occurring geyser has been in existence since 1953, but recently began moving. It is releasing water and carbon dioxide.
However, was only in the last six months that it picked up enough speed that it began to pose a threat to man-made infrastructure.
originally posted by: SeaWorthy
originally posted by: CADpro
We watched a movie 2012 the other night. It was awesome seeing CA crack apart tilting into the sea. That's one way to clean up all the crap off the sidewalks.
Always some callous persons wanting millions including innocent babies dead as long as it's not where they live.
originally posted by: threeeyesopen
a reply to: SeaWorthy
Ever hear the song vicarious by a group named tool ? Its heavy metal but the message is right along with what you wrote here. "I live vicariously while the whole world dies".
On topic, doom much ? I suppose this and the quakes up by Vancouver a couple weeks ago could be a precursor for something more.
The bubbling geyser that has existed since 1953 now moving at speeds of up to 60 feet a day Experts say it behaves like an 'sunken sinkhole' as it moves across the area near Salton sea Union Pacific Railroad has already had to move tracks because of it after attempts to build a wall failed A portion of Highway 111, a major roadway, may have to be closed as the geyser approaches Local authorities have already declared the geyser an emergency and are drawing up contingency plans By MARK PRIGG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 16:31 EDT, 1 November 2018 | UPDATED: 01:01 EDT, 2 November 2018
originally posted by: dreamingawake
a reply to: loam
While it is a change to the area looked like initial sources on it said that it isn't a concern in the fault seismic wise.
This study posits that the extensional deformation is due to a previously unmapped fault, here named the Salton trough fault (STF). The seismic reflection data image a divergent sediment package that dips toward the northeast with thicknesses up to at least 2 km. Refraction inversion produces a southwestward-dipping velocity discontinuity that crops out east of the SSAF surface trace, consistent with the existence of a southwest to northeast gradient in lithology. If present, the existence of the STF has scientific and societal relevance.
First, the STF appears to control the recent Salton trough architecture north of Bombay Beach. Second, from a seismological hazards perspective, the presence of this structure could alter the current understanding of stress transfer and rupture dynamics in the region, as well as community fault models and ground-motion simulations on the SSAF.
Studies at many locations between Soledad Pass and the Salton Sea have established that the San Andreas fault has a total offset of at least 140 miles. As the southern section of the San Andreas fault can be dated back to the Miocene Epoch, about 12 million years ago, this suggests an average displacement of more than one inch per year.
Offset of the rocks has also been observed at many points along the length of the San Andreas fault. Older rocks appear to have been displaced more than 350 miles, while progressively younger rocks are displaced progressively fewer miles. It is difficult to absorb the scale on which nature works! A displacement of hundreds of miles along the San Andreas fault can only be accepted when we understand that it is the result of an immense number of small steps occurring over a vast span of time.