Discussion
In a strike-slip fault the movement is
Answer: D
Correct answer: horizontal and parallel to the fault strike
Strike is the horizontal direction of the fault trace, and on a strike-slip fault the two blocks slide past each other along it with little or no vertical component. The crust is neither shortened nor lengthened, only sheared. The San Andreas is the classic example, and such faults often show a long, remarkably straight surface trace.
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