Explain to them that earth scientists distinguish between two types of strike-slip faults, based on the relative movement of one side of the fault with respect to the other. So long as they stand ...

This massive strike-slip fault system ... Over millions of years, tectonic forces caused horizontal movement along the fault, tearing the suture zone apart and scattering its fragments across ...

and a big part of that is related to reconstruction of strike-slip faults such as the Denali Fault," Regan said. "We're starting to recognize those primary features involved in the stitching ...

This, combined with a sharp movement of the crust northwards ... the seabed in a zone some distance from Palu where the strike-slip fault splits into diverging tracks. Dramatic video shows ...