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~ 35 mm/yr motion between<br />

Pacific and North America<br />

shown by offset stream<br />

Wallace Creek<br />

San Andreas Fault<br />

Expect earthquakes about<br />

every (3.5 m )/ (35 mm/yr) or<br />

100 years<br />

Confirmed by GPS<br />

Actually ~ 200 yrs because<br />

not all motion on San<br />

Andreas<br />

“The geology department at <strong>Northwestern</strong> had, and as I<br />

understand it, still has, a sense of family. The professors paid<br />

close attention to the students and took personal interest in them”<br />

Robert Wallace, B.A. 1936

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