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WRENCH FAULT [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A ... strike-slip fault in which the fault surface is vertical, and the fault blocks move sideways past each other.

OBS

Given the geological complexity of some deformed rocks, including rocks that have experienced more than one episode of deformation, it can be difficult to distinguish a wrench fault from a strike-slip fault. Also, areas can be deformed more than once or experience ongoing structuring such that fault surfaces can be rotated from their original orientations.

OBS

This complexity explains that the term "wrench fault" has been used with an increasing frequency as a synonym of transcurrent or strike-slip fault.

OBS

wrench fault: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
OBS

faille verticale de décrochement : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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