left lateral English

Meaning left lateral meaning

What does left lateral mean?

left lateral adjective

— (geology) Describes the relative motion of two blocks along a strike-slip fault. From a plan view perspective, as if standing on the fault line, the left block moves towards, and the right block moves away.

Synonyms left lateral synonyms

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left lateral English » English

sinistrotorsion

sinistrogyration

sinistrality

levotorsion

levorotation

levogyration

levogiration

levoduction

levocycloduction

levo

left-handed turning

left-handed rotation

left twist

laevorotation

eft-wound spiral