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DEXTRAL MOTION [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A fault in which the relative displacement occurs horizontally along the fault plane separating adjacent blocks of rock.

CONT

Strike-slip faults involve motion [that] is parallel to the strike of the fault frequently described as "side-by-side" motion. Strike-slip faults are further described as "right-lateral"(dextral) or "left-lateral"(sinistral) depending if the block opposite the viewer moved to the right or left respectively.

OBS

strike-slip fault; transcurrent fault; lateral fault: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Strike-slip fault system.

PHR

Transcurrent fault system.

Key term(s)
  • lateral slip fault
  • strike shift fault

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Faille le long de laquelle le déplacement relatif s’effectue horizontalement le long du plan de faille séparant des blocs de roche adjacents.

CONT

Les failles de décrochement [...] correspondent à des cisaillements en régime coulissant pour lesquelles le rejet est longitudinal et parallèle à la direction du cisaillement.

CONT

Une faille de décrochement est dite dextre ou sénestre. Elle est dextre si, en regardant vers la trace de faille, l’horizon repère du compartiment opposé semble s’être déplacé vers la droite. Elle est sénestre si ce meme horizon repère semble s’être déplacé vers la gauche.

OBS

faille coulissante; faille de coulissage; faille de coulissement; faille à décrochement horizontal; faille de décrochement; faille à rejet horizontal; faille à rejet directionnel; faille latérale : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Système, zone de failles de coulissage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 2 2008-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
OBS

strike-slip fault : A type of fault whose surface is typically vertical or nearly so. The motion along a strike-slip fault is parallel to the strike of the fault surface, and the fault blocks move sideways past each other. A strike-slip fault in which the block across the fault moves to the right is described as a dextral strike-slip fault. If it moves left, the relative motion is described as sinistral.

OBS

sinistral strike-slip fault: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

Dextral and sinistral offset in strike-slip fault.-... Movement of strike-slip faults that offsets rocks can be described as dextral or sinistral. If the fault block across the fault has moved to the right, the motion is dextral. If it has moved left, it is sinistral.

OBS

sinistral offset: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
OBS

rejet horizontal transversal senestre : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

Dextral or right lateral movement. - Movement is dextral (right handed) if the block on the other side of the fault moves to the right, or if straddling the fault the right side moves toward the observer.

OBS

right-lateral motion: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
OBS

mouvement dextre : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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