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Right lateral Uncommon

Origin: Latin suffix -al

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Describes the relative motion of two blocks along a strike-slip fault. From a plan-view perspective, as if standing on the fault line, the right block moves towards, and the left block moves away.

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ral tral ural oral gral aral kral aural jural loral acral moral dural meral sural boral rural coral feral viral
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