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strike-slip fault

DEFINITIONS OF: strike-slip fault

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n a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally

Type of:
break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
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