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strike-slip fault

strike-slip fault

Fault on which the main relative movement of rock is horizontal along the fault's direction.

All languages

English
strike-slip fault
Norwegian
sidelengsforkastning
Japanese
横ずれ断層 — よこずれだんそう — yokozure dansō
Korean
주향 이동 단층 — juhyang idong dancheung
Spanish
falla de desgarre
French
faille décrochante
German
Blattverschiebung

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