MetaGlossary.com: Slip

Keywords: Unintentional, Fault, Ahdos, Err, Strata

Related Terms: Motion , Captious, Dextral, Droop, Earthquake, Fault, Joint, Lapse, Movement, Quake, Retrorse, Rift, Shift , Slickensides, Slide, Slip , Slump, Tectonic, Thrust , Uplift, Linear Movement, Horst, Epicenter, Thrust Fault, Transform Fault, Elevation, Graben, Footwall, Hanging Wall, Normal Fault, Reverse Fault, Shear Zone, Fault Scarp, Mass Movement, Slumping, Strike-Slip Fault, Faulting, Thrust , Fault Zone, Creeping, Lateral Movement, Sag Pond, Nappe, Displacement, Active Fault, Rayleigh Wave, Fault Line, Translation, Seismic Moment

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To err; to fall into error or fault.

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An unintentional error or fault; a false step.

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an unintentional action where the failure involves attention

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A fault. A smooth joint or crack where the strata have moved on each other.

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A small fault.

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The relative motion of one face of a fault relative to the other.

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a fault in rock due to the sinking of one section; a movement producing such a fault; the amount of such movement, measured by the amount of displacement along the fault plane. [AHDOS

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