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Volcanoes don't form along the San Andreas Fault because it is a strike-slip fault. This means that neither plate is being subducted under the other--they are just sliding past each other. Because of this, there is no magma, or a way for the magma to come up.
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What is significant of the San Andreas fault?
i dont know, thats why i went to ASK .com
What is the worst fault line in US?
The largest and most famous earthquake fault in California is the San Andreas fault. It is 800 km long. It is significant because it runs through a heavily populated area (Los Angeles) and it is likely to do very serious damage some day. The San Andreas fault is a transform fault.
An abrupt shift in the earth along a fault causes?
i dont know? dont ask me
Why dont volcanoes form along the san A ndreas fault?
Because there aren't any volcanos nearby and if there is baisicly a hole in the ground then how it probably would fill up the cracks before an volcano were to form.
What kind of fault is probably most common in the northern San Adreas Fault system?
The most common type of fault in the northern San Andreas Fault system is strike-slip fault, where the blocks move horizontally past each other. This fault system is characterized by lateral movement along the fault line, with the Pacific Plate moving northwest relative to the North American Plate.
Los angeles and san francisco became 2.5 inches closer together each year because they are on opposite sides of the san Andreas fault?
i dont have a clue
Does Saturn have volcanoes or rings?
saturn has rings they dont have volcanoes
How do you get the DeLorean in GTASan Andreas?
you dont
Does the moon Leda have volcanoes?
dont have
Is there a light saber in San Andreas?
i dont play it so i dont know
Why do some areas have no volcanoes?
becuase volcanoes have plates under them.the places that dont have plates under them don't have volcanoes
Do volcnoes make new volcanoes?
No they dont
