| 单词 | strike-slip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstrike-slip strike-slip n. Geology (originally U.S.) the component of the slip of a fault in a horizontal direction, parallel to the strike; also as adv.; frequently attributive, esp. in strike-slip fault, a fault in which motion was predominantly parallel to the strike. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > slip in horizontal heave1802 strike-slip1913 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > other types of fault heave1802 reversed fault1852 reverse fault1865 step-fault1879 ring fracture1881 overfault1883 overlap fault1883 overthrust1883 trough fault1883 thrust1888 thrust-fault1889 offset1897 cross-fault1900 tear-fault1900 distributive fault1904 cross-break1909 slide1910 strike-slip fault1913 rift1921 splay fault1942 wrench fault1951 megashear1954 transform fault1965 transform1971 1913 W. Lindgren Mineral Deposits ix. 121 The strike-slip is the component of the slip parallel with the fault slip. 1913 W. Lindgren Mineral Deposits ix. 126 The expressions ‘normal’ and ‘reverse’ may be used in connection with oblique and dip faults, even when these are strike-slip or oblique slip faults. 1932 C. R. Longwell et al. Textbk. Geol. i. xii. 315 (caption) Broken lines show the displacement (slip), and its three components—throw, heave, and strike-slip—measured along axes at right angles to each other. 1964 W. C. Putnam Geol. vi. 146/2 Ordinarily, in order to establish whether or not movement has been strike-slip or dip-slip, it is necessary to have layered rocks with strongly differing dips cut by the fault. 1964 W. C. Putnam Geol. vi. 147/1 The actual movement as demonstrated by the outcrop was strike-slip. 1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xxiii. 327/2 The San Andreas is called a strike-slip fault. 1977 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Apr. 36/2 In Mongolia most earthquakes are associated with strike-slip faulting. < as lemmas |
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