Shutter ridge

A '''shutter ridge''' is a ridge which has moved along a fault line, blocking or diverting drainage. Typically, a shutter ridge creates a valley corresponding to the alignment of the fault that produces it.<ref>[https://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/qfaults/glossary.php#S Glossary, Earthquake Hazards Program, USGS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929074256/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/qfaults/glossary.php |date=2014-09-29 }}</ref> Shutter ridges occur exclusively at strike-slip faults.

==Example Locations==

* Oakland, California<ref>{{cite book|last=Easterbrook|first=Don J.|title=Surface processes and landforms|year=1999|publisher=Prentice Hall|location=Upper Saddle River, NJ|isbn=0-13-860958-6|edition=2.}}</ref> * Dragon's Back, Carrizo Plain, CA

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Category:Geomorphology Category:Physical geography Category:Structural geology Category:Landforms Category:Seismology

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