strike-slip fault


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strike-slip fault

strike-slip fault

(strīk′slĭp′)
n. Geology
A fault in which surfaces on opposite sides of the fault plane have moved horizontally and parallel to the strike of the fault.
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strike-slip fault

n
(Geological Science) a geological fault on which the movement is along the strike of the fault
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strike-slip fault

(strīk′slĭp′)
A geologic fault in which the blocks of rock on either side of the fault slide horizontally in opposite directions along the line of the fault plane. See more at fault.
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Noun1.strike-slip fault - a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
faulting, geological fault, fracture, break, fault, shift - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
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2003; Serpelloni et al., 2007; Nocquet, 2012) produces a crustal deformation of the southeastern Iberian Peninsula where Late Neogene and Quaternary faulting activity is dominated by a large NE-SW left-lateral, strike-slip fault system known as the Eastern Betic Shear Zone (EBSZ) (De Larouziere et al., 1988; Silva et al., 1993) (Fig.
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