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Strike-slip fault" on Wikipedia

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    strike-slip and dip-slip. In a strike-slip fault (also known as a wrench fault, tear fault or transcurrent fault), the fault surface (plane) is usually near...
    32 KB (3,483 words) - 08:04, 22 April 2024
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    subduction zone. A transform fault is a special case of a strike-slip fault that also forms a plate boundary. Most such faults are found in oceanic crust...
    13 KB (1,693 words) - 02:36, 2 February 2024
  • zones of continental collision. When strike-slip fault zones develop, they typically form as several separate fault segments that are offset from each other...
    15 KB (1,844 words) - 08:37, 22 April 2024
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    The North Anatolian Fault (NAF) (Turkish: Kuzey Anadolu Fay Hattı) is an active right-lateral strike-slip fault in northern Anatolia, and is the transform...
    8 KB (444 words) - 20:23, 4 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marikina Valley Fault System
    The Marikina Valley Fault System, also known as the Valley Fault System (VFS), is a dominantly right-lateral strike-slip fault system in Luzon, Philippines...
    11 KB (796 words) - 20:24, 29 December 2023
  • along strike-slip faults is the process of rock melting, magma ascent and emplacement, associated with the tectonics and geometry of various strike-slip settings...
    51 KB (4,846 words) - 07:16, 9 March 2024
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    The Great Glen Fault is a strike-slip fault that runs through the Great Glen in Scotland. Occasional moderate tremors have been recorded over the past...
    10 KB (1,030 words) - 07:59, 22 April 2024
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    uplifted on the fault over the last 12 million years in a series of earthquakes. However, most of the motion on the fault is strike-slip (side to side)...
    41 KB (4,132 words) - 06:22, 15 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Garlock Fault
    The Garlock Fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault running northeast–southwest along the north margins of the Mojave Desert of Southern California...
    8 KB (817 words) - 21:20, 15 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Oblique subduction
    plates leads to strike slip deformation of the forearc, thus forming a series of features including forearc slivers and strike slip fault systems that are...
    49 KB (4,431 words) - 07:47, 8 March 2024
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    trending seismically-active faults in the North Island of New Zealand that carry much of the dextral (right lateral) strike-slip component of the oblique...
    22 KB (2,563 words) - 07:48, 13 April 2024
  • Surface faulting)
    earthquake M7.8 in Tibet, strike-slip faulting - 400 km (249 mi) 2002 Denali earthquake M7.9 in Alaska, strike-slip faulting - 340 km (211 mi) 2008 Sichuan...
    10 KB (990 words) - 15:48, 18 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for San Andreas Fault
    The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through the U.S. state...
    38 KB (3,839 words) - 03:40, 22 April 2024
  • Dead Sea fault)
    basin also has a very low heat flow compared to other strike-slip faults like the San Andreas Fault. A hypothesis of why the Dead Sea basin has unique earthquake...
    33 KB (4,040 words) - 12:29, 18 April 2024
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    is influenced by tectonic movements along faults, including normal, reverse (thrust), and strike-slip faults, with energy release and rupture dynamics...
    81 KB (8,843 words) - 18:31, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rose Canyon Fault
    The Rose Canyon Fault is a right-lateral strike-slip fault that runs in a north–south direction off the coast of San Diego County, California until it...
    14 KB (1,440 words) - 05:51, 4 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for San Diego Trough Fault Zone
    The San Diego Trough Fault Zone is a group of connected right-lateral strike-slip faults that run parallel to the coast of Southern California, United...
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