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strike-slip fault

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strike-slip fault (strkslp)
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.
strike-slip fault
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a geological fault on which the movement is along the strike of the fault
strike-slip fault
A geologic fault in which the blocks of rock on either side of the fault slide horizontally, parallel to the strike of the fault. See Note and illustration 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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The Motagua fault is one of three subparallel left-lateral strike-slip faults (with horizontal motion) in Guatemala and forms the boundary between the North American and Caribbean tectonic plates.
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Some tectonic reconstructions of east and SE Asia interpret a large SE Asian block with Borneo at its center which has been rotated clockwise and displaced southwards along major strike-slip faults during the Cenozoic due to the indentation of Asia by India.
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