Sag pond

Elizabeth Lake is one of numerous sag ponds along the San Andreas Fault.

A sag pond is a body of fresh water[1] collected in the lowest parts of a depression formed between two sides of an active strike-slip, transtensional or normal fault zone.[2][3]

  1. ^ THE SAG POND STORY - INTERPRETIVE TRAIL GUIDE, retrieved May, 9th 2017
  2. ^ Nevada-Government Dictionary on Water Words, retrieved April, 3rd 2012
  3. ^ [geology.gsapubs.org/content/37/11/967.abstract] Simpson, E.L., et al. "An upper cretaceous sag pond deposit: Implications for recognition of local seismicity and surface rupture along the Kaibab monocline, Utah." Geology. Web. Accessed May 9th, 2017.