Geologic map of the Cummings Mountain and Tehachapi 15 minute quadrangles, Kern County, California

Use this link to zoom in and pan around the map:

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngm-bin/pdp/zui_viewer.pl?id=34694 

link to the map page: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_86304.htm

Questions

1. What type of rock is unit ms?

• schist
• limestone
• gneiss
• granite

2. How old is unit qd?

• Paleocene
• Mesozoic
• Precambrian

3. What type of fault is the Garlock Fault?  Reminder of fault types: Faults

• Normal
• Reverse
• Left-lateral strike-slip (transform)
• Right-lateral strike-slip (transform)

4. Based upon your answer to the question above, did this area experience compression, tension, or shear?  Reminder: Geologic Structures and Plate Tectonics

• Compression
• Tension
• Shear

Want to know more about this fault? See this page for more information: https://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/garlock.html