The San Andreas fault has shifted rocks hundreds of kilometers. For example, plutonic rocks on the Pacific Ocean (western) side of the fault have been displaced from southern California to northern California, relative to rocks on the North American (eastern) side. The San Andreas fault is classified as a
A) normal dip-slip fault.
B) reverse dip-slip fault.
C) right-lateral strike-slip fault.
D) left-lateral strike-slip fault.
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A) the hanging
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Q53: Joints are:
A) cracks where some displacement of
Q55: Strike-slip faults include right-lateral, left-lateral and thrust
Q56: Cracks where displacement of rock has occurred
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Q58: Cracks where very little or no displacement
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