Dextral opens to the right, sinistral opens to the left.
Strike-slip faults are caused by horizontal shear stress along the fault plane, which results in horizontal movement of the rocks on either side of the fault. The movement can be either left-lateral (sinistral) or right-lateral (dextral), depending on the direction of the shear stress.
Strike-slip faults are commonly caused by the horizontal shearing forces from tectonic plate movement. This movement can be either left-lateral (sinistral) or right-lateral (dextral) depending on the direction of the forces. These lateral forces cause rocks on either side of the fault to move horizontally past each other.
A transform boundary, or conservative plate boundary, is a type of fault at the margin of two adjacent tectonic plates were the relative motion is horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction between the two.
The San Andreas fault is a right-lateral (dextral) strike-slip fault which marks a transform (or sliding) boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. In essence the plate boundary is destructive rather than constructive but at present the energy is directed at moving the Pacific Plate in a generally northerly direction, parallel with the coastline.
Divergent plate boundaries are found where plates are moving apart, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Convergent plate boundaries occur where plates are moving towards each other, leading to subduction zones like the Pacific Ring of Fire. Transform plate boundaries are where plates slide past each other horizontally, such as the San Andreas Fault.
The opposite of sinistral (meaning left-handed or leftwards) is dextral (to the right).
Another word for right handed people is "dextral" and For left handed people "sinistral"
The pond snail nearly always has a right handed (dextral) to its shell but sometimes it is left handed (sinistral). As dextral snails circle anticlockwise and sinistral snails circle clockwise, an unusual consequence is that two 'mirror image' snails will circle in different directions and are frequently unable to mate. -science daily.com
A transform boundary, or conservative plate boundary, is a type of fault at the margin of two adjacent tectonic plates were the relative motion is horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction between the two.
Transversions occur on the transform fault lines between two plates. The motion of transversions is a sliding motion where both the plates are either dextral or sinistral. Dextral is when the plate block farthest from the observer is sliding to the right and sinistral is when the block farthest from the observer is sliding to the left. In this grinding process, the plates are neither constructive or destructive like in converging and diverging plates. Neither plate subducts in a transversion. They merely slide past each other.
Sea shells are spiral in only one direction, either to the left or to the right. It can be distinguished as right-handed which are called 'dextral' or left-handed known as 'sinistral'. Based on studies more right-handed shells can be found than the left-handed shells.
Strike-slip faults are caused by horizontal shear stress along the fault plane, which results in horizontal movement of the rocks on either side of the fault. The movement can be either left-lateral (sinistral) or right-lateral (dextral), depending on the direction of the shear stress.
The type of stress responsible for each fault ( Normal, Reverse, Sinistral, And Dextral) is shear. These four types of fault all are apart or not connected. Shear is also a way to say apart or not connected because you are pulling two things apart so they are separated. The same thing goes for the fault this is why the answer is shear.
Strike-slip faults are commonly caused by the horizontal shearing forces from tectonic plate movement. This movement can be either left-lateral (sinistral) or right-lateral (dextral) depending on the direction of the forces. These lateral forces cause rocks on either side of the fault to move horizontally past each other.
Right, dextral...
A transform boundary, or conservative plate boundary, is a type of fault at the margin of two adjacent tectonic plates were the relative motion is horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction between the two.
Transform boundaries are generally considered the least common of the three main boundary types. These boundaries involve plates sliding past each other horizontally, which occurs less frequently compared to convergent and divergent boundaries.