1. Pop Quiz 3 Review

5. San Andreas fault at Wallace Creek.
Because earthquake fault slip rates feed into Seismic Hazard, I will calculate the fault slip rate (i.e. source characterization). The following are the steps I would take:
Rate = Distance / Time.
The stream is 10,000 years old, so the time span is 10,000 years.
The stream channel has been offset. I will measure the distance in Map Units.
I will determine the scale of the map (conversion factor).
I will convert the Map Units to Real World Distance with the conversion factor.
I will divide the Real World Distance by the time to get the fault slip rate.
I will convert the slip rate units to mm/yr so it can be used by the design engineer, she will appreciate this.