Visual Glossary - slip
slip
Slip is the relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault, measured on the fault surface.
1992 M7.2 Landers, California earthquake slip model. (Image from Wald and Heaton, BSSA, 1994)
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Slip is the relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault, measured on the fault surface.
1992 M7.2 Landers, California earthquake slip model. (Image from Wald and Heaton, BSSA, 1994)