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Shearing creates ______ faults, the San Andreas fault in California.
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Shearing creates ______ faults, the San Andreas fault in California.

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It is: strike-slip, I just took the test

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Strike Slip
A fault in which surfaces on opposite sides of the fault plane have moved horizontally and parallel to the strike of the fault.
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