noun
dip-slip fault
A fault where movement is primarily vertical, parallel to the dip of the fault plane. Technical term used in geology and seismology.
この地域には縦ずれ断層が多く見られる。
Many dip-slip faults are observed in this region.
Compound of 縦ずれ (vertical displacement) and 断層 (fault). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern technical coinage.