n.a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes

Fault behavior and characteristic earthquakes: Examples from the Wasatch and San Andreas Fault Zones
Heat flow and energetics of the San Andreas Fault Zone
New Evidence on the State of Stress of the San Andreas Fault System
Internal structure and weakening mechanisms of the San Andreas Fault
Change in Failure Stress on the Southern San Andreas Fault System Caused by the 1992 Magnitude = 7.4 Landers Earthquake
State of stress near the San Andreas fault: Implications for wrench tectonics
Fractal geometry in the San Andreas Fault System
Comments on "State of stress near the San Andreas fault: Implications for wrench tectonics"
A more precise chronology of earthquakes produced by the San Andreas Fault in southern California
The Velocity Field Along the San Andreas Fault in Central and Southern California