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Excerpt from Bouguer gravity anomaly map , showing approximate locations of the Seattle Fault zone (line E), Seattle Uplift (red, and adjoining yellow border), parts of the Tacoma Fault Zone (green; the pair of green lines mark the Rosedale Monocline), Tacoma Basin (light blue), Dewatto Basin (northwestern portion of Tacoma Basin at C), Dewatto ...
Location of SCF and related faults in the North Cascades.. The Straight Creek Fault (SCF) is the principal north-south strike-slip fault in the state of Washington, with a minimum of 90 kilometers (54 miles) of right-lateral offset, and a major geological structure in the North Cascade mountains, where it separates the pre-Cenozoic igneous and metamorphic rocks of the North Cascades on the ...
Approximate location of the Seattle Fault Zone (and other faults). The section of the fault zone directly under "Seattle" corresponds to the red line in the photo at the top. (DGER [9]) One model of the Seattle Uplift: Cross-section (south to north) along the east side of central Puget Sound, looking west. TB = Tacoma Basin EPZ = East Passage ...
Personious, S. F., ed. (2002), "Fault number 819, Brothers fault zone", Quaternary fault and fold database of the United States, United States Geological Survey, archived from the original on 2011-07-16
Between the two border stations sits the Peace Arch Park, where visitors are free to cross the border within the confines of the park. The Peace Arch was erected in 1921 when a hotel and residences occupied much of the later park area. [2] In 2010, the only time the Olympic torch left Canada was in crossing the border into the US side of the ...
[3] [8] The intersecting lines create four separate water areas with differing claim status. The two areas south of the "A-B" line (about 2,789 km 2 (1,077 sq mi) and 51.5 km 2 (19.9 sq mi) in size) are claimed by both countries. The other two water areas are north of the "A-B" line and are not claimed by either country.
United States Road/ Highway State Notes Photo Coordinates Boundary Bay: 67 Street British Columbia: Point Roberts: Meadow Lane Washington: A former border crossing, permanently closed in 1975 when the Tyee Road border crossing was expanded. [13] The former Canada border station remains and has been refurbished, located on the eastern side of ...
The bridge is North America's busiest international crossing in terms of trade volume, carrying more than one-quarter of all merchandise trade between Canada and the United States. Currently, there are 119 legal land border crossings between the United States and Canada, 26 of which take place at a bridge or tunnel.