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In structural geology what's the difference between true slip and net slip in the context of faults?
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True Slip and Net Slip are the same thing. We typically use the term "Net Slip" for the slip vector on a fault that describes the magnitude (length) and orientation (trend and plunge) of a line between two formerly adjacent points.
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