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Figure 3

Aerial photograph showing the traces of fault scarp and strands of the Sangre de Cristo fault near the town of San Luis, Colorado

Aerial photograph showing the traces of fault scarp and strands of the Sangre de Cristo fault near the town of San Luis, Colorado. The trenches were excavated across the fault scarp that is present on geologically young deposits near the mouth of Rito Seco.