horizontal slip fault
1strike-slip fault — noun a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally • Hypernyms: ↑fault, ↑faulting, ↑geological fault, ↑shift, ↑fracture, ↑break * * * strikeˈ slip fault noun (geology) A fault in which movement is p …
2strike-slip fault — noun Geology a fault in which rock strata are displaced mainly in a horizontal direction, parallel to the line of the fault …
3Fault (geology) — Part of a series on earthquakes Types Foreshock • Aftershock • Blind thrust Doublet • Interplate • …
4Fault scarp — A fault scarp is the topographic expression of faulting attributed to the displacement of the land surface by movement along the fault. It can be caused by differential erosion along an old inactive geologic fault (a sort of old rupture) with… …
5fault — /fawlt/, n. 1. a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one s character. 2. responsibility for failure or a wrongful act: It is my fault that we have not finished. 3. an error or mistake: a fault in addition. 4.… …
6slip — slip1 verb (slips, slipping, slipped) 1》 lose one s balance or footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance. ↘accidentally slide or move out of position or from someone s grasp. ↘fail to grip or make proper contact with a… …
7Marlborough Fault System — Map of the Marlborough Fault System Major active fault zon …
8Transform fault — (the red lines) A transform fault or transform boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral …
9Clarence Fault — Map of the Marlborough Fault System The Clarence Fault is an active dextral (right lateral) strike slip fault in the northeastern part of South Island, New Zealand. It forms part of the Marlborough Fault System, which accommodates the transfer of …
10San Andreas Fault — The San Andreas Fault is a geologic transform fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles (1,300 km) through California in the United States. The fault s motion is right lateral strike slip (horizontal motion). It forms the tectonic boundary… …
