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Vocabulaire FormaTerre

FormaTerre Vocabulaire

Preferred term

slip rate

Type

Type of entity
  • sosa:ObservableProperty

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Description

  • How fast the two sides of a fault are slipping relative to one another, as derived from seismic records in case of an earthquake or determined, as a long-term average, from geodetic measurements, from offset man-made structures, or from offset geologic features whose age can be estimated. It is measured parallel to the predominant slip direction or estimated from the vertical or horizontal offset of geologic markers. See also fault slip rate.
  • the measurement of how fast the two sides of a fault are slipping relative to one another. It is measured parallel to the predominant slip direction

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https://service.poleterresolide.fr/voc/variable/c_4dc87468

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