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