Whites point-San Pedro Ca

[rmedina0811]

Originally Posted by Surfdog

... the road at Porteguese Bend there is alot of land movement everyday, you can see that by driving on Palo Verdes south Rd. Theres so much geological stuff going on in that area that you can see it on a day by day base's instead of reading about it between every million years.

Very insightful! The portuguese bend is a giant active lanslide..no doubt you've noticed that the service lines are all above ground around there due to the constant but slow soil creep. It's amazing to me as a scientist to see wealthy folks throw money at a phenomenon which geologists have determined to be uncontrollable and insist on living in areas prone to failure.

[ODOGFISH]

...... so , Robert are you going to find out for us ... wat thos vents are and why ther there .................................................. .................................................. .................
... inquiring minds want to know ... Thanks

[rmedina0811]

I'm sure some oceanography graduate student has written a paper or two about it...I'll see what I can dig up

[rmedina0811]

I believe the vents are related to thrust faulting in the Palos Verdes Fault Zone...



Image borrowed from Fisher et al, 2004 "The Offshore Palos Verdes Fault Zone near San Pedro, Souther California"

[beacondawg]

Wow robert that was intresting. I never knew that and i lived in Pedro for a long time.on 10th and beacon st. wait thats harborview!!

[AguaYak]

Originally Posted by Surfdog

Right Chance forgot about the dirt bikes, if I recall you had to make your own dirt bike in those days- no dirt bike stores yet, oh well, we missed out on the skate boards to.

Waz u talkin bout?

We made our own skateboards, then everybody else picked up on the idea and later it became commercialized. (but lots better lol )

We rode dirt bikes, Velocettes, Ducati's, etc. No two strokes, no 4" suspension, only real "mens" bikes with 2" travel.

But if you're talking pedal bikes, yeah, you rode what you brought, but you learned real fast to use bikes with fat tires.

[AguaYak]

Originally Posted by rmedina0811

I'm sure some oceanography graduate student has written a paper or two about it...I'll see what I can dig up

Does this all mean there is a high likelyhood that there could be some serious action going on like in Hawaii?

[rmedina0811]

the Hawaiian chain of islands are the tops of the tallest mountains on planet earth....the majority of their mass is submerged. Yes, they are taller than Mount Everest. They were created by the Pacific Plate moving over a hot spot near a spreading zone in the Pacific Ocean...that's why they look like a chain.

[MDS]

I grew up in San Pedro and everybody knows that that's the sewage outfall for Wilmington.

[Surfdog]

Robert: Thanks for the technical info on the hydo geothermal water vents. That was really good stuff. Ya! Porteguese Bend land slide is something else. I drive that area all the time on my pool route and the road crews are there at least two times a week repaving the road, yes I see all the city services are above ground.