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strike-slip fault |
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strike-slip fault [′strīk ¦slip ‚fȯlt] (geology) A fault whose direction of movement is parallel to the strike of the fault. Also known as strike-shift fault. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Why is an underwater earthquake generated at a strike-slip fault less productive at creating a tsunami than one generated at a thrust fault? ``What we have now seen in the Denali Earthquake is that indeed moderate earthquakes on a thrust fault can trigger, if the geometry is correct, very large earthquakes on adjacent strike-slip faults,'' said Dolan, who was not connected with the studies. During the shock, land jerked forward along a 250-kilometer-long stretch of the strike-slip fault. |
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