Ishita Das posted an Question
December 27, 2020 • 01:06 am 30 points
  • IIT JAM
  • Geology (GG)

A fault plane dips at an angle of 45° due east and shows n-s trending slickenside. the rake of net slip of this fault is (a) 90 (b) 45 (c) 22.5 d) 0

A fault plane dips at an angle of 45° due east and shows N-S trending slickenside. The rake of net slip of this fault is (A) 90 (B) 45 (C) 22.5 D) 0

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    Rahul kumar Best Answer

    Answer: 0° Fault is dipping towards east and trend of slickenside is N-S. It suggests that the fault is a strike slip Fault. The rake of horizontal slickenside in the fault plane will be 0°.

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