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Record 1 2011-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A strike-slip fault in which an observer approaching the fault sees the opposite block as having moved to the right.

CONT

... the San Andreas Fault, a right-lateral strike-slip fault ... caused the massive 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.

OBS

As opposed to "left-lateral fault" or "sinistral fault."

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • right lateral fault
  • right strike slip fault
  • dextral strike slip fault
  • right lateral strike slip fault
  • right lateral slip fault
  • right slip fault

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Décrochement dont les compartiments, vus du dessus, se sont déplacés vers la droite l'un par rapport à l'autre, c'est-à-dire dans le sens horaire.

CONT

Il est facile de voir qu'un décrochement correspond à un mouvement relatif des deux compartiments, soit [...] vers la droite : décrochement dextre.

OBS

Si le rejet est principalement horizontal, la faille est un «décrochement» [...] et elle est dite «dextre» si le compartiment qui s'est approché du bout de la faille est celui de droite [...]

OBS

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

PHR

Faille de coulissage dextre.

Spanish

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