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English term or phrase:
left lateral, strike-slip fault
French translation:
faille décrochante, latérale gauche
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English term
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left lateral, strike-slip fault
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Geology
The two major, left lateral, strike-slip fault systems, which traverse Hispaniola in an approximate east-west direction, are the Enriquillo-Plaintain Garden (EPGFZE) along the southern part and the Septentrional (SFZ) along the north (Mann et al., 1995)..
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faille décrochante, latérale gauche
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http://www.geologie.ens.fr/~vigny/failles-anime.html
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ou faille décrochante senestre
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3] Faille décrochante (Strike-slip Fault)
Dans le cas d'une faille décrochante, le mouvement entre les blocs de par et d'autre de la faille est horizontal. Si comme dans l'animation le bloc de droite part vers la gauche (par rapport à l'autre bloc), la faille est dite senestre (et dextre dans le cas inverse). Ce mouvement est créé par des forces de cisaillement.
In a strike-slip fault, the movement of blocks along a fault is horizontal. If the block on the far side of the fault moves to the left, as shown in this animation, the fault is called left-lateral. If the block on the far side moves to the right, the fault is called right-lateral. The fault motion of a strike-slip fault is caused by shearing forces. [Other names: transcurrent fault, lateral fault, tear fault or wrench fault]
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