San Andreas Lake (from which the fault takes its name) is a ``sag pond'' that naturally formed in the valley of the San Andreas fault. Strike slip faults are good places for lakes; the fault both creates a low spot to collect the water, and grinds up the rock underneath making an impermeable layer to hold the water in.
In addition to providing us with shape and support for our skeleton, minerals are the âspark of life.â Minerals are essential in the diet and each plays unique and often multi-factorial roles as they act at all levels of the body â cells, tissues, organs, and the whole organism.
Â· just now. Report Abuse. Magnesium is an essential mineral to the human body. It is needed for bone, protein, and fatty acid formation, making new cells, activating B vitamins, relaxing muscles, clotting blood, and forming adenosine triphosphate (ATP; the energy the body runs on).The secretion and action of insulin also require magnesium. just now. Report Abuse. Magnesium is an essential mineral to the human body. It is needed for bone, protein, and fatty acid formation, making new cells, activating B vitamins, relaxing muscles, clotting blood, and forming adenosine triphosphate (ATP; the energy the body runs on).