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What is a fault with horizontal movement called?
A fault with horizontal movement is called a strike-slip fault. This type of fault occurs when the rocks on either side of the fault move horizontally past each other. Examples of strike-slip faults include the San Andreas Fault in California.
What is A fault with horizontal movement?
A fault with horizontal movement is called a strike-slip fault. In strike-slip faults, the movement is primarily horizontal, with one block of rock sliding past the other horizontally. This type of fault is characterized by lateral displacement along the fault line.
What type of fault is the hayward fault?
The Hayward Fault is a Strike-slip Fault.
What is a oblique slip fault?
An oblique slip fault is a type of fault where the movement is a combination of both strike-slip and dip-slip motion. This means that the fault moves both horizontally and vertically. Oblique slip faults are common in areas where different stresses are acting on the Earth's crust, causing complex fault movements.
What type of fault has side to side movement?
A strike-slip fault has side-to-side movement where the blocks move horizontally past each other. This type of fault is classified as either right-lateral or left-lateral, depending on the direction of movement relative to an observer standing on one of the blocks.
What fault has little or no vertical movements?
A fault with little or no vertical movement is called a strike-slip fault. In this type of fault, the rocks on either side of the fault move horizontally past each other, usually in a side-to-side motion. This movement can cause earthquakes when the stress along the fault overcomes friction and the rocks suddenly slip.
What type of fault has shearing?
A strike-slip fault
What type of fault is caused by shear faults?
A strike slip fault.
What type of fault is the west napa fault?
a strike slip fault
What type of fault is rose canyon fault?
It is a strike-slip fault.
What type of fault can you climb up?
a strike slip fault
What type of fault has shear force?
A strike-slip fault
