Editing Tehachapi Mountains (section)

==Geology==
The Tehachapis are largely the result of the movements of the [[Garlock Fault]], located along the southeastern base of the range, a major [[transform fault]] which runs from the [[San Andreas Fault]] in the west to the [[Sierra Nevada Fault]] on the east and some distance beyond.  This [[Fault (geology)|earthquake fault]] is unusual in California in that it is a left-lateral fault — meaning that if one stands facing the fault, the land on the opposite side moves to the left — opposite to most of the state's faults which are right-lateral faults.