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strike-slip fault

fault where the surfaces move laterally with little vertical movement
Class type of: fault Q488409
strike-slip fault
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Subclass of
fault[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en strike-slip fault en Strike-slip tectonics ar تكتونيات الانزلاق الجانبي cs horizontální posun de Blattverschiebung de Horizontalverschiebung de Seitenverschiebung de Transversalverschiebung el Ρήγμα οριζόντιας ολίσθησης fr faille décrochante fr décrochement sénestre fr decrochement fr décrochement fr decrochement dextre fr décrochement dextre fr décrochement Dextre fr decrochement senestre fr décrochement Sénestre fr faille coulissante ja 横ずれテクトニクス
🔖 Identifiers · 8
OpenAlex ID
C169162353
Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID
13899
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/strike-slip-fault
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122fjmcq, /g/1213_dr2
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
strike-slip-faults
Open Library subject ID
strike-slip_faults_(geology)
ScienceDirect topic ID
earth-and-planetary-sciences/strike-slip-fault
Topic's main category
Category:Strike-slip faults

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Examples 4
San Andreas Fault, Alpine Fault, Garlock Fault, Central African Shear Zone
← Has cause 2
1906 San Francisco earthquake, June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
Subclass of 1
fault
Topic's main category 1
Category:Strike-slip faults
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Strike-slip faults
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  1. 10w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Strike-slip faults
    Subclass of → fault
    JSTOR topic ID (archived) → strike-slip-faults
    "Created claim: JSTOR topic ID (archived): strike-slip-faults, Moving from fault"
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