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oblique-slip fault

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

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT

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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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.
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Translator English - Chinese

斜滑断层
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

falla oblicua -slip
570 millions of speakers
en

English

oblique-slip fault
510 millions of speakers
hi

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परोक्ष पर्ची गलती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خطأ منحرف الانزلاق
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Неисправность косой нескользящей
278 millions of speakers
pt

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falha oblíqua -derrapante
270 millions of speakers
bn

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অগভীর স্লিপ ফল্ট
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

oblique -slip faute
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Kesalahan serong
190 millions of speakers
de

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Schrägblattverschiebung
180 millions of speakers
ja

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斜めすべり断層
130 millions of speakers
ko

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경사 미끄럼 오류
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kesalahan oblique slip
85 millions of speakers
vi

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lỗi xiên trượt
80 millions of speakers
ta

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சாய்வான-ஸ்லிப் தவறு
75 millions of speakers
mr

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आडवा-स्लिप फॉल्ट
75 millions of speakers
tr

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Eğik kayma fayı
70 millions of speakers
it

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colpa obliquo -slip
65 millions of speakers
pl

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wina ukośne -slip
50 millions of speakers
uk

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Несправність косою нескользящей
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vina oblic - alunecare
30 millions of speakers
el

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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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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT»

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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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