Graben rift valley in Riverside County, California, United States
Wolf Valley is a graben rift valley in the Elsinore Trough , in western Riverside County, California .
Overview
Wolf Valley is the southernmost of the graben valleys making up the Elsinore Trough, created by the Elsinore Fault Zone . It lies between the Wildomar Fault on the east, at the foot of the Temecula Basin and the Willard Fault on the west, at the foot of the Santa Ana Mountains . Wolf Valley lies south of Temecula Creek . The southern end of the graben valley is where the Elsinore Fault Zone changes the direction of strike along the southern side of Agua Tibia Mountain , northeast of Pala Mountain .[ 1]
The valley is drained by Pechanga Creek and its tributaries, itself a tributary of the Santa Margarita River .[ 2] [ 3]
The Pechanga Indian Reservation and part of the city of Temecula are located in this valley.
References
^ Treiman, J., compiler, 1998, Fault number 126d, Elsinore fault zone, Temecula section, in Quaternary fault and fold database of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey website, Treiman, J., compiler, 1998, Fault number 126d, Elsinore fault zone, Temecula section, in Quaternary fault and fold database of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey website, Name comments, General: , accessed 06/06/2015 07:40 PM.]
^ Rene Engel, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE ELSINORE QUADRANGLE CALIFORNIA, CAIIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 146, DIVISION OF MINES, SAN FRANCISCO, 1959, pp. 14, 55-51.
^ Robert A. Larson, James E. Slosson editors, Storm-Induced Geologic Hazards: Case Histories from the 1992-1993 Winter in Southern California and Arizona, Volume 11, Geological Society of America, January 1, 1997, p.50, Fig. 1
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wolf Valley
33°27′N 117°06′W / 33.450°N 117.100°W / 33.450; -117.100
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