Editing Garlock Fault (section)

==Geography==
[[File:USGS Garlock Fault Zone map.png|thumb|upright=1.85|Garlock Fault Zone map]]
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Stretching for  {{convert|250|km|mi|sp=us}}, it is the second-longest fault in California, and one of the most prominent geological features in the southern part of the state.  It marks the northern boundary of the area known as the Mojave Block, as well as the southern ends of the [[Sierra Nevada]] and the valleys of the westernmost [[Basin and Range province]].

The Garlock Fault runs from a junction with the [[San Andreas Fault]] in the [[Antelope Valley, California|Antelope Valley]], eastward to a junction with the [[Death Valley Fault Zone]] in the eastern Mojave Desert. It is named after the historic mining town of [[Garlock, California|Garlock]], founded in 1894 by Eugene Garlock and now a [[ghost town]].  Relatively few communities lie directly along the Garlock, as it is primarily situated in the desert, with [[Frazier Park, California|Frazier Park]], [[Tehachapi, California|Tehachapi]], [[Mojave, California|Mojave]], and [[Johannesburg, California|Johannesburg]] being the closest to it.