<Li> dip - slip, offset is predominantly vertical and / or perpendicular to the fault trace . </Li> <Li> oblique - slip, combining strike and dip slip . </Li> <P> In a strike - slip fault (also known as a wrench fault, tear fault or transcurrent fault), the fault surface (plane) is usually near vertical and the footwall moves laterally either left or right with very little vertical motion . Strike - slip faults with left - lateral motion are also known as sinistral faults . Those with right - lateral motion are also known as dextral faults . Each is defined by the direction of movement of the ground as would be seen by an observer on the opposite side of the fault . </P> <P> A special class of strike - slip fault is the transform fault, when it forms a plate boundary . This class is related to an offset in a spreading center, such as a mid-ocean ridge, or, less common, within continental lithosphere, such as the Dead Sea Transform in the Middle East or the Alpine Fault in New Zealand . Transform faults are also referred to as "conservative" plate boundaries, inasmuch as lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed . </P>

Difference between right and left lateral strike slip
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