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What famous nearby fault is a strike-slip fault?
San-Andreas fault.
What are the names of faults that are strike slip?
Some examples of strike-slip faults include the San Andreas Fault in California, the Anatolian Fault in Turkey, and the Great Glen Fault in Scotland.
Which type of boundary produces strike-slip faults?
Slip-strike faults always occur at transform boundaries. The San Andreas Fault is a famous transform boundary in located in southern California.
How is a dip-slip fault different from a strike-slip fault?
Dip-Slip fault is a bedding fault and its pattern is En-Echelon, while Strike Slip fault is strike fault and its pattern is Parallel.
A large well-known strike-slip fault in western California is?
San Andreas fault
What type of fault is the hayward fault?
The Hayward Fault is a Strike-slip Fault.
What landform is strike-slip boundary?
A strike-slip fault occurs at a transform boundary. It is created when stress is added to rock, in this case the stress that is on the rock is called shearing. A fault is simply a crack in the Earth's crust, and strike-slip fault is when the two pieces of crust are sliding past one another horizontally. An example of a strike-slip fault is the San Andreas Fault in California.
What is the main difference between a dip slip fault and a strike slip fault?
Dip-Slip fault is a bedding fault and its pattern is En-Echelon, while Strike Slip fault is strike fault and its pattern is Parallel.
What is the definition for strike slip fault?
Strike slip fault - Look it up!
A fault has a shearing force.?
strike-slip
What is the difference between a strike slip fault and a normal fault?
strike-slip has a horizontal motion
Is the San Andreas Fault a dip-slip fault?
No. It is a strike-slip fault.
