Talk:Southern California faults

Typical situation: an editor has heard of, say, the San Andreas fault, so hunts up A Few Basic Facts and writes a piece. Consequently a lot people come to think that geology in California is all about earthquakes on this one fault, overlooking a whole lot of other, interesting geology.

This article-stub is intended as a basis for providing a broader perspective to the geology of southern California. I started this because I had the materials and sources at hand, but as it is somewhat outside of my particular focus of interest and knowledge I must leave it to others to develop.

There are too many faults to deal with them individually (either as separate articles, or grouped, as I did in Puget Sound faults); even a simple list would be too lengthy. As possibilities for expanding this article I offer the following ideas. Not necessarily good! Just kicking the ball around. - J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 18:47, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Historical earthquakes.
 * Principal local rock formations, and where they came from, and effects on geography.
 * Details of the tectonic plate interactions involved here.
 * Evolution of the North American shoreline, including cessation of subduction, transport of terranes (Baja-B.C.), etc.
 * Future shape of California.