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  2. Silt fence - Wikipedia

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    Silt fence installed up-slope of a vegetated stream buffer. A silt fence, sometimes (misleadingly) called a "filter fence," [1] is a temporary sediment control device used on construction sites to protect water quality in nearby streams, rivers, lakes and seas from sediment (loose soil) in stormwater runoff.

  3. San Jacinto Fault Zone - Wikipedia

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    The San Jacinto Fault Zone and the San Andreas Fault (SAF) accommodate up to 80% of the slip rate between the North American and Pacific plates.The extreme southern portion of the SAF has experienced two moderate events in historical times, while the SJFZ is one of California's most active fault zones and has repeatedly produced both moderate and large events.

  4. Transform fault - Wikipedia

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    Diagram showing a transform fault with two plates moving in opposite directions Transform fault (the red lines). A transform fault or transform boundary, is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal. [1]

  5. Strike-slip tectonics - Wikipedia

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    Strike-slip tectonics or wrench tectonics is a type of tectonics that is dominated by lateral (horizontal) movements within the Earth's crust (and lithosphere).Where a zone of strike-slip tectonics forms the boundary between two tectonic plates, this is known as a transform or conservative plate boundary.

  6. Split-rail fence - Wikipedia

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    Simple split-rail fence Log fence with double posts (photo taken in 1938). A split-rail fence, log fence, or buck-and-rail fence (also historically known as a Virginia, zigzag, worm, snake or snake-rail fence due to its meandering layout) is a type of fence constructed in the United States and Canada, and is made out of timber logs, usually split lengthwise into rails and typically used for ...

  7. Barbed wire - Wikipedia

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    Close-up of a barbed wire Roll of modern agricultural barbed wire. Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands.

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