Table 1.

The four standard dislocations: their unit Burgers vectors and unit normal vectors.

Burgers (v1,v2,v3)Normal (n1,n2,n3)
Mode index(s, e, u)(s, e, u)Geological description: H = horizontal, V = vertical, SS = strike-slip, DS = dip-slip, T = tensile, RL = right lateral
12(1,0,0)(0,1,0)V RL SS fault, strikes north, east wall moves south
32(0,0,1)(0,1,0)V DS fault, strikes north, east wall moves up
22(0,1,0)(0,1,0)V T fault, strikes north, east wall moves east (opening)
33(0,0,1)(0,0,1)H T fault, upper wall moves up (opening)
Burgers (v1,v2,v3)Normal (n1,n2,n3)
Mode index(s, e, u)(s, e, u)Geological description: H = horizontal, V = vertical, SS = strike-slip, DS = dip-slip, T = tensile, RL = right lateral
12(1,0,0)(0,1,0)V RL SS fault, strikes north, east wall moves south
32(0,0,1)(0,1,0)V DS fault, strikes north, east wall moves up
22(0,1,0)(0,1,0)V T fault, strikes north, east wall moves east (opening)
33(0,0,1)(0,0,1)H T fault, upper wall moves up (opening)
Table 1.

The four standard dislocations: their unit Burgers vectors and unit normal vectors.

Burgers (v1,v2,v3)Normal (n1,n2,n3)
Mode index(s, e, u)(s, e, u)Geological description: H = horizontal, V = vertical, SS = strike-slip, DS = dip-slip, T = tensile, RL = right lateral
12(1,0,0)(0,1,0)V RL SS fault, strikes north, east wall moves south
32(0,0,1)(0,1,0)V DS fault, strikes north, east wall moves up
22(0,1,0)(0,1,0)V T fault, strikes north, east wall moves east (opening)
33(0,0,1)(0,0,1)H T fault, upper wall moves up (opening)
Burgers (v1,v2,v3)Normal (n1,n2,n3)
Mode index(s, e, u)(s, e, u)Geological description: H = horizontal, V = vertical, SS = strike-slip, DS = dip-slip, T = tensile, RL = right lateral
12(1,0,0)(0,1,0)V RL SS fault, strikes north, east wall moves south
32(0,0,1)(0,1,0)V DS fault, strikes north, east wall moves up
22(0,1,0)(0,1,0)V T fault, strikes north, east wall moves east (opening)
33(0,0,1)(0,0,1)H T fault, upper wall moves up (opening)
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