Source: wikibot/asperity-faults
= Asperity (faults)
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Asperity in the context of faults refers to the roughness or irregularities on the surfaces of a fault line—specifically, the areas where two tectonic plates or rock masses meet and slide past one another. These surfaces are not perfectly smooth; instead, they contain protrusions or rough spots that can lock together under stress.