地球内部过程 Geologic Tectonics Faults A fault described by its geometry in two different ways: (a) by the relationship of its strike to the strike of the strata it affects, and ( b) by the relative magnitudes of its components of sli (a) If the strikes are nearly parallel, the fault is a strike fault; if they are nearly at right angles, it is a dip fault; and if neither, it is oblique ) Where slip is predominantly horizontal, producing a large strike slip component and little throw or heave, the fault is described as strike slip. (The terms wrench and tear are used to describe certain varieties of strike-slip faults. In faults of this type, the fault plane is near-vertical, and there is usually a comparatively wide fault zone in relation to displacement 环境迪顶学 minoucntalocelogu ,率地球内部过程 Geologic Tectonics • Faults A fault described by its geometry in two different ways: (a) by the relationship of its strike to the strike of the strata it affects, and (b) by the relative magnitudes of its components of slip. (a) If the strikes are nearly parallel, the fault is a strike fault; if they are nearly at right angles, it is a dip fault; and if neither, it is oblique. (b) Where slip is predominantly horizontal, producing a large strike slip component and little throw or heave, the fault is described as strike slip. (The terms wrench and tear are used to describe certain varieties of strike-slip faults.) In faults of this type, the fault plane is near-vertical, and there is usually a comparatively wide fault zone in relation to displacement