Yakima Fold Belt
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The Yakima Fold Belt of south-central Washington, also called the Yakima fold-and-thrust belt, is an area of topographical folds (or wrinkles) raised by tectonic compression. It is a 14,000 km2 (5,400 sq mi) structural-tectonic sub province of the western Columbia Plateau Province[1][2][3] resulting from complex and poorly understood regional tectonics. The folds are associated with geological faults whose seismic risk is of particular concern to the nuclear facilities at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (immediately northwest of the Tri-Cities) and major dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers.[4]
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Yakima Fold Belt
Yakima fold-and-thrust belt | |
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Coordinates: 46°24′N 120°30′W | |
Location | South-western part of Columbia Basin (Yakima, Kittitas, Klickitat, Benton, and Grant counties) |
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