The Garlock Fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault running northeast–southwest along the north margins of the Mojave Desert of Southern California, for much of its length along the southern base of the Tehachapi Mountains.
Perspective view of Garlock Fault
The Mojave Desert is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named for the indigenous Mohave people, it is located primarily in southeastern California and southwestern Nevada, with small portions extending into Arizona and Utah.
Sand dunes in Death Valley
The Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) is endemic and exclusive to the Mojave Desert.
A powerful High Desert summer storm sweeps rapidly across the Mojave Desert.
Las Vegas is in the Mojave Desert.