This blog post is part of our series: “Highlights” for which we’re accepting contributions! Please contact Emma Lodes (GM blog editor, elodes@asu.edu), if you’d like to contribute on this topic or others. Interview with Tamara Aránguiz-Rago, PhD student, University of Washington. Email: tarangui@uw.edu. Can you describe in simple terms how strike-slip faults work? Strike-slip faults are fractures ...[Read More]
Highlighting: Strike-Slip Faults! (Interview with Tamara Aránguiz-Rago)
Photo 1: The Atacama Desert in September 2022. The flat strip of land in the middle is where the Salar Grande Fault slowly slides two blocks apart horizontally.