California State University, San Bernardino CSUSB ScholarWorks Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations Office of aduateGr Studies 12-2019 PALEOSEISMOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL GARLOCK FAULT IN SEARLES VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Kyle Pena Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd Part of the Geology Commons, and the Tectonics and Structure Commons Recommended Citation Pena, Kyle, "PALEOSEISMOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL GARLOCK FAULT IN SEARLES VALLEY, CALIFORNIA" (2019). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 956. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/956 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Office of aduateGr Studies at CSUSB ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of CSUSB ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. PALEOSEISMOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL GARLOCK FAULT IN SEARLES VALLEY, CALIFORNIA A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of California State University, San Bernardino In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Earth and Environmental Sciences by Kyle Anthony Peña December 2019 PALEOSEISMOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL GARLOCK FAULT IN SEARLES VALLEY, CALIFORNIA A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of California State University, San Bernardino by Kyle Anthony Peña December 2019 Approved by: Sally McGill, Committee Chair, Geological Sciences Joan E. Fryxell, Committee Member, Geological Sciences Kerry D. Cato, Committee Member, Geological Sciences © 2019 Kyle Anthony Peña ABSTRACT In this study, a paleoseismic trench with limited age constraints that was previously excavated in 1990 across the central Garlock Fault near Christmas Canyon, in Searles Valley, California, was reopened to take advantage of new advances in luminescence dating techniques to investigate potential temporal variability in earthquake recurrence on the Garlock Fault and to analyze previously unexposed older earthquake evidence.