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16.6 Seismic Fault (Refraction) يلازلزلا راسكن لإا

Feature Description

A fracture plane in the earth’s crust across which relative displacement has occurred (location of slippage
between the earth’s plates). Earthquakes often occur along faults because they are weak zones in the

rock.

Feature Class Name SeismicFault

Feature Code SSM0007

Feature Geometry Polyline

Attributes and Domains

Attribute Name Data Type Field Length Attribute Description and Domains

Unique Identifier for the feature assigned by the
SeismicFaultID String 20
FGIC

The type of the Seismic Fault
FaultType Integer 3
Domain: FaultType

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