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To: Kartographer

-——a horizontal fault-—
Hmmm.... Horizontal fault. That means it has a dip of 0 ?


17 posted on 03/30/2014 5:11:56 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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To: bert

It has a low degree of angle. It has about 20 to 30 degrees from horizontal. Much flatter or more “horizontal” than the 45-90 degree faults we usually hear about. Here is an article with a cut away diagram.

http://www.scec.org/research/030404dolan.html


41 posted on 03/30/2014 8:27:53 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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