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dip fault

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noun

  1. geology a fault that runs perpendicular to the strike of the affected rocks (i.e. parallel to the plane of the angle of dip of the rocks)

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Is the fault a strike or a dip fault?

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

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