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Likewise, there are at least three hitherto immen- 

 tioned east-west rifts of the desert side. It is the 

 absence of many of these features from the Earth- 

 quake Map of Cahfornia that is regretable. 



THE SANTA YNEZ FAULTS 



Some twenty-five miles to the north of the latitude 

 of Los Angeles, the Anacapa fault is paralleled 

 by one or more great east-west faults. One of these, 

 as has been reported by others, borders the Santa 

 Ynez Range on its north side adjacent to the Santa 

 Maria country. Another may probably follow the 

 south side of the range along the Santa Barbara- 

 Ventura Coast. ^ 



The western portion of the fault on the north side 

 of the Santa Ynez Range is better known, but the 

 eastern continuation is indefinite. It may parallel 

 the north side of the Topa-Topa Range, and, in my 

 opinion, it may ultimately be connected with the east- 

 west rifts of the upper part of Bouquet Canyon, which 

 are intercepted by the San Andreas Rift, or one of its 

 parallels, a few miles southwest of Lancaster. If this 

 southern line exists, as some seem to doubt, it may 

 extend south of the Topa-Topa Range. Possibly it may 

 even there bend to the southeast into continuation with 

 the San Gabriel fault of Kew, or extend eastward into 

 continuation with the Soledad fault. 



^In instances, knowledge cf some cf these faults is deficient and some- 

 times details may be disputed. Such instances are of trivial importance, 

 considering the lar^e amount ( f known data, and in no manner negate the 

 broader facts herein set forth. Even in California some of the biggest things 

 are too big for some observers to. see. It is the old stoi-y of not being able 

 to see the woods for the trees. 



