bounding fault

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• Fault scarp — A fault scarp is the topographic expression of faulting attributed to the displacement of the land surface by movement along the fault. It can be caused by differential erosion along an old inactive geologic fault (a sort of old rupture) with… …   Wikipedia

• Thrust fault — in the Qilian Shan, China. The older (left, blue and red) thrust over the younger (right, brown). A thrust fault is a type of fault, or break in the Earth s crust across which there has been relative movement, in which rocks of lower… …   Wikipedia

• Graben — A graben is a depressed block of land bordered by parallel faults. Graben is German for ditch .A graben is the result of a block of land being downthrown producing a valley with a distinct scarp on each side. Grabens often occur side by side with …   Wikipedia

• Boscán Field — The Boscán Oil Field is located 40 km southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela and covers an area of about 660 square kilometers. The field produces a 10.5 degree API gravity crude oil from the Eocene Misoa Formation locally called the Boscán Formation …   Wikipedia

• graben — GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS An elongate crustal block that has moved downward relative to bounding fault systems (Foxworthy and Hill, 1982) …   Glossary of volcanic terms

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• Seismic retrofit — Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil failure due to earthquakes. Other retrofit techniques are applicable to areas subject to tropical cyclones,… …   Wikipedia

• Queen Charlotte Basin — lies mostly beneath the continental shelf offshore, between the Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island, and the British Columbia mainland. The term Queen Charlotte Basin normally refers to the Tertiary rocks, but these are underlain by what… …   Wikipedia