“he studied the faulting of the earth's crust”
- Synonyms:
- break, fault, fracture, geological fault, shift
- Examples:
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Denali Fault
a major open geological fault in Alaska
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San Andreas Fault
a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes
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inclined fault
a geological fault in which one side is above the other
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strike-slip fault
a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
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common fault, gravity fault, normal fault
an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
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overthrust fault, reverse fault, thrust fault
a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
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cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure
a long narrow opening
