The dynamics of these features are studied by equipping the Burridge–Knopoff model of a one-dimensional chain of blocks and springs with a “rate-and-state” friction law. Cataclasis (“cat-uh-CLAY-siss”) and melting within these features forms pseudotachylytes (“pseudo-TACK-ih-lites”). In practice, piercing points are rare in these features, so a bed and slickenside lineations are used to estimate a piercing point measurement. These geological features are divided into three regimes according to their maximum principal stress in Ernest Masson Anderson’s model of them, which is based on the Mohr–Coulomb failure criterion. As these features extend downwards, they transition to ductile shear zones. Displacement along these features causes the formation of horsts and grabens. For 10 points, “slip” refers to the relative motion at what planar fractures in the Earth’s crust? ■END■
ANSWER: faults [accept specific types of faults, such as strike-slip faults or transform faults; accept fault zones; accept fault blocks; prompt on fractures or cracks until “fractures” is read; prompt on plate boundaries or boundary; prompt on geologic discontinuities or discontinuity; reject “plates”]
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