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Wasatch Fault
geological feature, North America
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formation during Cenozoic Era
- In Tertiary Period: Volcanism and orogenesis
These fault zones (particularly the Wasatch Fault in central Utah and the San Andreas zone in California) remain active today and are the source of most of the damaging earthquakes in North America. The Andean mountains were uplifted during the Neogene as a result of subduction of the South Pacific…
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