SDSU Researchers show that the disappearing Salton Sea might explain why the San Andreas fault is overdue for a big earthquake. The last three hundred […]
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Highlighting Undergraduate Research
Analysis of the depositional stratal geometry of the Fish Creek-Vallecito Basin in the northwest Salton Trough, southern California Adan SilvaBS CandidateAdvisor: Dr. Rafael Almeida Friday, […]
All Aboard to Map the Seafloor
Geology students brace against storms while on February 2023 research cruise
SDSU Study Reveals History of Lake Cahuilla
Long before agricultural runoff bespoiled the Salton Sea, the lakebed it now occupies was home to a much larger body of water known as Lake Cahuilla
San Andreas and San Jacinto Faults Ruptured Together
A recently published study with collaborators at UC Davis provided evidence that the San Andreas and San Jacinto Faults have ruptured together in the recent past.