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Vertical displacement profiles

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Lines plotted on a graph to show different vertical displacement profiles given two kinds of faulting.
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Comparison of vertical displacement profiles for the case of imbedded faulting (solid line) and surface faulting (dashed line).

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