- left lateral fault
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левосторонний сдвиг
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
left lateral — adjective Describes the relative motion of two blocks along a strike slip fault. From a plan view perspective, as if standing on the fault line, the left block moves towards, and the right block moves away … Wiktionary
Fault (geology) — Part of a series on earthquakes Types Foreshock • Aftershock • Blind thrust Doublet • Interplate • … Wikipedia
Garlock Fault — The Garlock Fault is a left lateral strike slip fault line running approximately northeast southwest in southern California. It runs for much of its length along the southern base of the Tehachapi Mountains. It marks the northern boundary of the… … Wikipedia
Chaman Fault — The Chaman Fault is a major, active geological fault in Pakistan and Afghanistan that runs for over 850 km.[1] Tectonically, it is actually a system of related geologic faults that separates the Eurasian Plate from the Indo Australian Plate. It… … Wikipedia
Neodani Fault — This fault can be seen as a step portion in the center of the photo. Neodani Fault (根尾谷断層, Neodani Dansō? … Wikipedia
Great Glen Fault — The Great Glen Fault is a long strike slip (transcurrent) fault that runs through its namesake the Great Glen (Glen Albyn) in Scotland. However, the fault is actually much longer and over 400 million years old.LocationAligned northeast to… … Wikipedia
Cwm Llwyd Fault — The Cwm Llwyd Fault is a fault in the Black Mountains of South Wales. It moved as a sinistral (left lateral) strike slip fault during the Variscan Orogeny. Together with the Llwyn Celyn Fault it formed a left stepping offset that created a pull… … Wikipedia
East Anatolian Fault — The East Anatolian and neighbouring faults cover most of Turkey The East Anatolian Fault is a major strike slip fault zone in eastern Turkey. It forms the transform type tectonic boundary between the Anatolian Plate and the northward moving… … Wikipedia
White Wolf Fault — The White Wolf Fault is a fault in southern California, located north of the intersection of the San Andreas Fault and the Garlock Fault, and north of the Tehachapi Mountains. It is classed as a reverse (vertical motion) fault with a left lateral … Wikipedia
Motagua Fault — The Motagua Fault (also, Motagua Fault Zone) is a major, active left lateral moving transform fault which cuts across Guatemala. It forms part of the tectonic boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate. It is considered the … Wikipedia
Ulakhan Fault — The Ulakhan Fault is a left lateral moving transform fault which runs along the boundary between two tectonic plates in northeast Asia, the North American Plate, and the Okhotsk Plate. It runs from a triple junction in the Chersky Range in the… … Wikipedia