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#San Diego Canyons ??

    04-Feb-95 21:36:16
Sb: #San Diego Canyons ??
Fm: Martin Kilgore 76347,1201
To: all
I live in San Diego. The topography around here is a number of Mesas with canyons cut into them. For instance, I live on the heights of Point Loma and the back of my house abuts on a canyon/ravine sort of thing which becoems the famosa slough and empties into Mission Bay. There is no water in the ravine. When I bought the house I got a geological consult for the stability of the slope. The geologist told me the slope had been stable since they invented dirt. I was so relieved to hear that I forgot to ask him, well, how did it get there in the first place? How may I find out if there is a fault running off my backyard? The only one I know of nearby is the Rose Canyon fault along highway 5.