low-angle fault

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low-angle fault [′lō ‚aŋ·gəl ¦fȯlt]

(geology)

A fault that dips at an angle less than 45°.

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No references found			Winterer thinks they are low-angle faults in which the upper rocks have separated from and slid over the lower rock layers. Ocean drilling: from aging crust to when continents bust by Weisburd, Stefi / Science News Additional drilling and trenching confirmed both the continuation of shallow mineralization north of the existing resources, as well as a deeper zone, assumed to have been originally one zone, offset 50 meters to the east along a low-angle fault. Meridian Gold Reports Second Quarter 2001 Results by Business Wire The target area is centered over the headwaters of San Vicente Creek, where strongly altered and oxidized diorite is cut by a silicified and mineralized low-angle fault breccia, dipping about 20 degrees SW. TVI Pacific Inc. Exploration Update on Lourdes & Panaon Projects by Business Wire			low resolution low side low steel Low Sunday Low Tatra low technology Low Temperatures low tide low velocity low voltage Low Voltage Differential low water Low, Isaac Low, Juliette Low, Juliette Gordon Low, Mary MacMonnies Low, Seth Low, Sir David Low, Will low-alcohol low-alkali cement low-alloy steel low-altitude bombing low-altitude earth orbit low-angle bombing low-angle fault low-angle fire low-angle scattering low-angle thrust low-approach system low-bandwidth low-boiling butene-2 low-carbon steel low-cost laptops low-definition television low-density concrete low-density dynamite low-density lipoprotein low-density polyethylene low-e glass low-emissivity glass low-energy electron diffraction low-energy environment low-energy physics low-energy positron diffraction low-expansion alloy low-freezing dynamite low-frequency low-frequency acquisition and ranging low-frequency antenna low-frequency compensation			Low-Altitude Assault Transport/cargo Low-Altitude Assault Transport/infantry Low-Altitude Bomb Aiming Systems low-altitude bombing Low-Altitude Bombing System Low-Altitude Clear Air Turbulence Low-Altitude Combat Air Patrol Low-Altitude Control Enhancements Low-Altitude Defense Low-Altitude Drogued Delivery low-altitude earth orbit Low-Altitude Forward Area Air Defense Low-Altitude Long-Endurance low-altitude missile engagement zone low-altitude missile engagement zone Low-Altitude Navigation & Targeting Infrared for Night Low-Altitude Night Attack low-altitude parachute extraction system low-altitude parachute extraction system Low-Altitude Simultaneous HAWK Engagement Low-Altitude Surface-To-Air Missile Low-Altitude Surveillance Platform Low-Altitude Surveillance Radar Low-Altitude Warning System Low-Angle Bombing Low-Angle Bombing Low-Angle Drogue Delivery low-angle fault low-angle fire Low-Angle Grain Boundary Low-Angle Laser Light Scattering Low-Angle Normal Faults low-angle scattering low-angle thrust Low-Angle X-Ray Diffraction low-approach system Low-Aspect Ratio Tokamaks low-backed Low-Background Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy low-ball low-ball Low-Ball Offer Low-Ball Offers low-balled low-balled low-balling low-balling low-balls low-balls Low-Band Structural Array low-bandwidth low-beam low-birth weight infant low-birth weight infant low-birth-weight baby low-birth-weight infant low-birth-weight infant low-birth-weight infant

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