Warren Freeway - Hayward Fault (Oakland, California)

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The Warren Freeway is built in a "sag" valley formed geologically by the movement of the Hayward fault.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayward_Fault
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Coordinates:   37°49'11"N   122°12'15"W

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  • That is NOT how rift valleys form. Rift valleys form at zones of continental divergence, not at transform boundaries. Hayward is a transform fault, tributary to the the convergent San Andreas transform boundary, which connects between the East Pacific Rise and the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
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