Usually means: Horizontal movement along fault line.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. strike-slip fault: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. strike-slip fault: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. strike-slip fault, strike-slip fault: Collins English Dictionary
  4. strike-slip fault: Vocabulary.com
  5. strike-slip fault: Wiktionary
  6. strike-slip fault: Dictionary.com
  7. Strike-slip Fault, Strike-slip fault: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. strike-slip fault: Rhymezone
  9. strike-slip fault: FreeDictionary.org
  10. strike-slip fault: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. strike-slip fault: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. strike-slip fault: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  (geology) A fault where two blocks move horizontally in opposite directions along the fault line.

Similar:
slide, stick-slip, slippage, fault scarp, rockslide, slickenside, landslip, sideslip, décollement, side-slip, more...

Opposite:
dip-slip fault, normal fault, reverse fault

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Similar:
slide, stick-slip, slippage, fault scarp, rockslide, slickenside, landslip, sideslip, décollement, side-slip, more...

Opposite:
dip-slip fault, normal fault, reverse fault



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