fault trace

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fault trace

[′fȯlt ‚trās]

(geology)

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Phivolcs has recommended avoiding construction within 5 meters on each side of a fault trace, or a 10-meter wide 'no-build zone.'

Fault-line mapping reduces quake damage, saves lives - experts

Near the Chaman Fault trace, these fold and faults appear to align at an angle setting up an en-echelon pattern which is a common feature of strike-slip faulting.

Role of Chaman transform boundary fault in the deformation of Eastern Kharan Fore-Arc Basin

The trenches were dug perpendicular to the fault trace, with a length between 8 and 70 m, reaching 5 m of maximum depth.

Paleoseismological evidence of Holocene activity of the Los Tollos Fault (Murcia, SE Spain): a lately formed Quaternary tectonic feature of the Eastern Betic Shear Zone

The fault trace comprising a series of parallel splays is exposed over a length of approximately 7 km and is positioned along the edge of a Carboniferous basin in proximity to the Eastern Highlands Shear Zone (EHSZ) of Barr and Raeside (1989).

The geology and hydrogeology of faults on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: an overview

The challenging 45-degree angle at which the pipes cross the fault trace would result in the pipelines experiencing compression and rotation forces during fault movement.

The seismic upgrade of bay division pipelines: a critical upgrade beneath a highway

Where discontinuities are well defined, the position of the fault trace may be highly evident on the record sections event to someone entirely inexperienced in seismic interpretation.

Diacritical seismic signatures for complex geological structures: case studies from Shushan Basin (Egypt) and Arkoma Basin (USA)

There are two abandoned quarries in the Upper Cretaceous limestone situated exactly at the fault trace. The lower one has been abandoned for more than 15 years and will remain closed.

On the state of the TM 71 extensometer monitoring in Slovenia: seven years of micro-tectonic displacement measurements

The expression of the Thelichi fault is complicated by a line of Aeolian sans coincident with the fault trace. Nath (2004); Takashi et al., (1991).

AN OVERVIEW OF PAST HISTORY BASED ON SEISMICITY PATTERN OF KASHMIR REGION, AN INTERPRETATION FROM 2005 EARTHQUAKE

"It's very surprising how clearly you can see the fault trace as it cuts up glaciers," says Peter J.

A sleepy fault wakes and reveals new links. (Shaked Alaska)

Jeffrey Perez, Phivolcs supervising science research specialist, explained that a remapping was conducted from 2011 to 2012 to fill the gaps in the fault trace.