Strike-slip faults include some of the world's most famous - or infamous structures, including the San Andreas Fault system and the North Anatolian Fault system. Both of these are renowned for devastating earthquakes. Strike-slip faults are those where the relative displacement is parallel to the strike of the fault. Strike-slip fault zones are commonly, but by no means exclusively, steep and can be rather difficult to recognise on cross-sections. However, active strike-slip faults are commonly associated with spectacular tectonic landforms, such as the narrow basin and abrupt range-edge seen in the photograph above (the type area for the Yammouneh Fault, part of the Dead Sea fault system in Lebanon).
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See some strike-slip faults in the field - visit the Dead Sea Rift in Lebanon |
