A fault whose relative displacement is purely horizontal.
A nearly vertical fault with side-slipping displacement.
A fault in which the net slip is practically in the direction of the fault strike.
(from the article `fault`) Strike-slip (also called transcurrent, wrench, or lateral) faults are similarly caused by horizontal compression, but they release their energy by ... ...The lower wall of an inclined fault is called the footwall. Lying over the footwall is the hanging wall. When rock masses slip past each other ... ...sea ...
Horizontal motion of one block relative to another along a fault plane. If one stands on one side of the fault and observes that an object on the other side moves to the right during an earthquake, the fault is called a right-lateral strike-slip fault (like California's San Andreas fault). If the object moves to the left, the fault is called a left...
A nearly vertical fault with side-slipping displacement.
A fault in which two sections of rock have moved horizontally in opposite directions, parallel to the line of the fracture that divided them. Strike-slip faults are caused by shearing stress.
A fault with horizontal displacement, typically caused by shear stress.
A fault in which movement has occurred parallel to the strike of the fault.
Fault that primarily displays horizontal displacement.
A fault whose relative displacement is purely horizontal.
[n] - a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
noun a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
(transcurrent fault) A fault on which the movement is parallel to the fault
fault where one region of rock moves horizontally past another. Examples