Looking inside the San Andreas
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 13:31
in Earth & Climate
Scientists believe a new study of the San Andreas fault within the Salton Trough could change assumptions about the eventual Big One.Reporting from the Salton Sea -- Three days after the earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, Gary Fuis walked across the San Andreas fault under a moonlit sky. The desert was quiet. A breeze fanned through the creosote. To the west, he could see the Salton Sea, and to the east, the headlamps of the night crew taking up their positions.