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strike slip

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noun Geology.

the component of slip on a fault parallel with the linear extension or strike of the fault.

Origin of strike slip

First recorded in 1910–15

Related formsstrike-slip, adjective

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Examples from the Web for strike slip

Historical Examples of strike slip

The single line defines a strike-slip fault along which plates are sliding horizontally past one another.
Volcanoes
Robert I. Tilling
Strike-slip (lateral) faults occur in response to either type of stress; the blocks move horizontally past one another.
Earthquakes
Kaye M. Shedlock
Most faulting along spreading zones is normal, along subduction zones is thrust, and along transform faults is strike-slip.
Earthquakes
Kaye M. Shedlock