oblique-slip fault

oblique-slip fault

n
(Geological Science) a fault on which the movement is along both the strike and the dip of the fault
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(2002): Stress field variation related to fault interaction in a reverse oblique-slip fault: the Alhama de Murcia fault, Betic Cordillera, Spain.
Recent and active tectonics in the western part of the Betic Cordillera/Tectonica reciente y activa en la parte occidental de la Cordillera Betica
(2002): Stress field variety related to fault interaction in a reverse oblique-slip fault: the Alhama de Murcia fault, Betic cordillera, Spain.
(2001): Using Travertine Deformations To Characterize Paleoseismic Activity on an active oblique-slip fault. Geologica Acta 36, 297-313.
Active tectonics of the Alhama de Murcia fault, Betic Cordillera, Spain/Tectonica activa de la Falla de Alhama de Murcia, Cordillera Betica, Espana
On Conanicut Island, numerous NNE-trending sinistral oblique-slip faults are observed.
Alleghanian deformation of Cambrian metasedimentary rocks Avalonia in south-central Rhode Island, USA
Minor strikeslip and oblique-slip faults cut the section, but lack of brecciation or apparent repetition of rare marker units suggest limited movement.
Stratigraphy, structure, and mafic sills in a section through the Halifax Group, Black River area, Kings County, Nova Scotia. (Atlantic Universities Geological Conference 2000)
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