strike-slip fault

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.

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strike-slip fault

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(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a geological fault on which the movement is along the strike of the fault

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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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Noun

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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"