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LEFT-STEPPING [1 record]

Record 1 2006-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

The Kiotoshi fault is a reverse fault accompanying the NE-trending right-lateral left-stepping faults, but the activities (average slip rate) of these strike-slip faults were considered to be low ...

OBS

left-stepping: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Left-stepping transcurrent fault.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
OBS

décalé vers la gauche : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Faille de coulissage décalée vers la gauche.

Spanish

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