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Meaning of "oblique-slip fault" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT

oblique-slip fault play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT

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Oblique-Slip fault is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of oblique-slip fault in the English dictionary

The definition of oblique-slip fault in the dictionary is a fault on which the movement is along both the strike and the dip of the fault.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT

obliging
obligingly
obligingness
obligor
obliquation
oblique
oblique angle
oblique fault
oblique sailing
oblique zenithal
obliquely
obliqueness
obliquid
obliquities
obliquitous
obliquity
obliquity of the ecliptic
obliterate
obliteration
obliterative

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT

assault
at fault
by default
compound fault
default
dip fault
dip-slip fault
double fault
electrical fault
fault
find fault
foot fault
gravity fault
judgment by default
oblique fault
strike fault
strike-slip fault
thrust fault
to a fault
vault

Synonyms and antonyms of oblique-slip fault in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «oblique-slip fault» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of oblique-slip fault to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of oblique-slip fault from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oblique-slip fault» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

斜滑断层
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falla oblicua -slip
570 millions of speakers

English

oblique-slip fault
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परोक्ष पर्ची गलती
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

خطأ منحرف الانزلاق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Неисправность косой нескользящей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falha oblíqua -derrapante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অগভীর স্লিপ ফল্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oblique -slip faute
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesalahan serong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schrägblattverschiebung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

斜めすべり断層
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경사 미끄럼 오류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kesalahan oblique slip
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

lỗi xiên trượt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாய்வான-ஸ்லிப் தவறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आडवा-स्लिप फॉल्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Eğik kayma fayı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colpa obliquo -slip
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wina ukośne -slip
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Несправність косою нескользящей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vina oblic - alunecare
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

πλάγια - slip σφάλμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skuins - strokie skuld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sned -slip fel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oblique - slip feil
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oblique-slip fault

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT»

Discover the use of oblique-slip fault in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oblique-slip fault and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sedimentation in Oblique-slip Mobile Zones: Special ...
BALLANCE, P.F. (1980) Models of sediment distribution in non-marine and shallow marine environments in oblique-slip fault zones. In: Sedimentation in Oblique-Slip Mobile Zones (Ed. by P. F. Ballance and H. G. Reading). Spec. Publ. int.
P. F. Balance, 2009
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Glossary of Geology
... and strike slip components. oblique-slip fault A fault on which the net slip has dip slip and strike slip components. Obsolete syn: diagonal-slip fault. oblique subduction The relative displacement of one lithospheric plate beneath another plate ...
Julia A. Jackson, James P. Mehl, Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, 2005
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Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe: Proceedings of the ...
What is also apparent from previous studies is that the main boundary structures of this extensional sub-province consist of major strike- and oblique-slip fault systems with a strong relationship to pre-existing structural grain (Fig. la; Coward  ...
A. J. Fleet, S. A. Boldy, 1999
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Basics of Structural Dynamics and Aseismic Design
It is also called as transcurrent fault, tear fault or wrench fault. (iii) Oblique-Slip fault: Oblique-slip faulting suggests both dip-slip faulting and strike-slip faulting. It is caused by a combination of shearing and tensional or compressional forces as  ...
Damodarasamy & Kavitha, Damodarasamy S. R., kavitha S.
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Fault Mechanics and Transport Properties of Rocks
... (1983) showed that only faults striking parallel to the deforming zone are stable . Oblique-slip faulting could be stable if deformation were localized on one oblique-slip fault, and hence if deformation were not distributed. Thus, McKenzie and ...
Brian Evans, Teng-fong Wong, 1992
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Tectonics of Strike-slip Restraining and Releasing Bends
... bend and is manifest as a prominent seafloor uplift that may be a complex structure consisting of right-stepping en echelon anticlines with intervening subsidiary extensional strike-slip basins and diverging oblique-slip fault zones ( Figs 3-4).
W. D. Cunningham, Paul Mann, 2007
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Based on the distinctive map pattern, we believe that the Devils Mountain fault is a transpressional, oblique-slip fault, characterized by both north-south shortening and left-lateral slip. The vertical component of slip on the Devils Mountain fault ...
‎2001
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Intraplate Strike-slip Deformation Belts
The integrated geophysical dataset and drilling results strongly corroborate a Cenozoic age for these oblique-slip fault arrays, which lie subparallel to those identified offshore along the Ross Sea Rift margin. Kinematic analysis of these ...
Fabrizio Storti, Robert E. Holdsworth, Francesco Salvini, 2003
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
However, dislocation models (for example, see Savage and Hastie, 1969) show that the motion near the toe of the hanging block of an oblique-slip fault of moderate dip is essentially parallel to the strike. Thus, the trilateration data are ...
‎1971
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Earth Science in the Urban Ocean: The Southern California ...
... to form thrust, strike- and oblique-slip faults. Analog modeling suggests that when contraction is oriented obliquely to the strike of an extensional fault, the fault can be transformed into a thrust, strike- or oblique-slip fault (Amilibia et al., 2005; ...
Homa J. Lee, William R. Normark, 2009

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT»

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A global geology tour
Geometry and scale of fault segmentation and deformational bulging along an active oblique-slip fault (Wairarapa fault, New Zealand) R.C. ... «Science Codex, May 12»

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