Sentence examples for reverse slip from inspiring English sources

The opening and closure of crack surfaces, under forward and reverse slip and stick conditions were monitored.

Good agreement is found between numerical and experimental results based on a critical shear stress of 200 MPa for loading and unloading including both forward and reverse slip.

This turns to a right-lateral strike-slip and reverse slip northeastwards with an almost uniform rake angle of 135°, which is consistent with the teleseismic results (Ji and Hayes, 2008).

This mechanism is a strike-slip type with a slight component of reverse slip.

Moreover, the experiment provides information on the evolution of dynamic friction stress during forward as well as reverse slip.

Rift-parallel fault segments were reactivated by reverse slip whereas rift-oblique fault segments were reactivated as oblique-slip faults or lateral/oblique ramps.

If nothing is done to reverse the slip, visits by snowboarders to resorts could plunge by one-third from its high by the winter of 2021-22, Mr. Fristoe predicts.

In our study, the motion equation for a subduction plate boundary is described by a quasi-dynamic equilibrium (e.g., Rice 1993) between the shear stress (due to reverse dip slip on the discretized faults) and the frictional stress based on an RSF law.

Dextral-reverse slip on segment a of the Beichuan fault becomes partitioned into a dextral dominant component on segment b of the Beichuan fault and thrust-dominant component on segment e of the Guanxian fault (Fig. 4).

"We must reverse the slipping rankings of our students in international tests," he said.

For all the hand-wringing among Democrats, some party leaders say Mr. Obama has time to reverse his slipping fortunes — but not much.