Fault plane activity
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SEISMFault-plane activity
slickensidea polished and smoothly striated rock surface that results from friction along a fault plane
slickensideA polished and striated rock surface that results from friction along a fault or bedding plane
slickensidesA polished and striated rock surface that results from friction along a fault or bedding plane
slickensidesSLICKENSIDE, a polished and smoothly striated rock surface that results from friction along a fault plane
nappelarge mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold
nappeslarge mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold
hadingthe angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip
hadesthe angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip
hadethe angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip
hadedthe angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip
overthrusta fault at a low angle from the horizontal in which the rocks on the upper side of the fault plane have moved upwards in relation to the rocks on the lower side of the fault plane
overthrustsOVERTHRUST, a fault at a low angle from the horizontal in which the rocks on the upper side of the fault plane have moved upwards in relation to the rocks on the lower side of the fault plane