Hurricane Fault at Hurricane, UT may be used as a MODEL FOR THE MENDOCINO, CA CIRCULAR FEATURE ABOUT THE 40N LATITUDE (TERMINATION: EQUATORIAL BULGE)

ALTHOUGH THE HURRICANE FAULT TRACES N-S, I HAVE ROTATED THE DIAGRAM 90 DEGREES, SO THAT IT WILL COMPARE DIRECTLY WITH THE MENDOCINO PRESENTATION. CORIOLIS FORCE WORKS OMNI-DIRECTIONALLY, SO THAT ROTATIONS OCCUR WITHOUT REGARD TO ORIENTATION- THEY OCCUR SURROUNDING AN INDEPENDENTLY-MOVING LINEAR OR OTHER PROTRUSION.


Below and above are shown the map and diagrammatical view of the 30 km arcuate presentation of shear and circumference of the local cell surrounding a part of the Hurricane fault, Hf: NOW COMPARE THIS DIAGRAM WITH THE GOOGLE EARTH PRESENTATION OF THE MENDOCINO, CA FEATURE:
The DIAGRAM FOR THE MENDOCINO ENTITY, WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES EMPHASIZED, IS SHOWN FOR COMPARISON WITH THE Hf DIAGRAM, BELOW:
NOTICE THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:
1. AN INDEPENDENT DYNAMIC LINEAR ACTUATES THE CORIOLIS ROTATION;
2. SHEAR OCCURS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE CIRCULAR CELL;
3. THERE ARE ARCUATE PRESENTATIONS IN THE ROCK OR ON THE OCEAN FLOOR;
4. A SINK OR DEPRESSION OCCURS OPPOSITELY FROM AN UPLIFT OR MONOCLINE;
5. THE SHEAR CREATES PERMEABLE PATHS FOR HYDROCARBONS OF OTHER FLUIDS;
6. A BRITTLE FRICTION-INDUCED GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY OCCURS AT THE EDGE OF THE CELL NEAR THE GRABEN OR SINK LOCATION; AND,
7. THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION MAY BE FOUND BY OBSERVING DRAG ON SURROUNDINGS, BY SLICKENSIDES, OR BY THE SHOVE CREATING HILLS.
LET'S VIEW THE SMALL GRASS VALLEY CORIOLIS CELL IN THE CONTEXT OF A LARGER VIEW OF THE CELL AS A PART OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU- WHICH IS A PART OF A WESTERN USA (ALMOST-UNIQUE) PHENOMENON: THE B&R, CP, AND SIERRAS TRIPLET:
I AM DOING THIS ANALYSIS TO SOLVE A LARGER PROBLEM- WHY THE SIERRAS ARE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE SIERRAS RANGE CREATE THE B&R BY THEIR TIDAL PUSH TO THE WEST (CREATING EXTENSION FOR NV AND UTAH AS FAR AS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS- WHERE THE ROCKIES PUSH BACK TO THE WEST ALSO).
WHY HAVE THE SIERRAS RISEN IN TERTIARY TIME? THIS IS A LATE PHENOMENON, AND I ASSUME THAT IT IS DUE TO THE INCREASE OF LENGTH OF DAY, LOD, AS TIDAL FRICTION SLOWS THE EARTH. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CRUST NEAR OCEANS REARRANGES WITH THE RE-DISTRIBUTION OF MASS AS THE ZONE OF THE TRIPLET SUBSIDES. ELSEWHERE, THE ANDES AND MOST MOUNTAIN RANGES RISE NEAR THE WEST COAST OF THE AMERICAS. THE SIERRAS ARE UNIQUE, IN THAT THEY RISE OVER A 6 DEGREE LATITUDE BAND- INFLUENCING THE WESTERN PACIFIC ALL THE WAY TO MIDWAY ISLAND (SHEARING THE BASIN, BUT NOT CREATING LARGE-SCALE VULCANISM).