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low angle fault

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  • low-angle fault — noun : a geological fault with its dip less than 45 degrees …   Useful english dictionary

  • fault — /fawlt/, n. 1. a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one s character. 2. responsibility for failure or a wrongful act: It is my fault that we have not finished. 3. an error or mistake: a fault in addition. 4.… …   Universalium

  • Fault (geology) — Part of a series on earthquakes Types Foreshock • Aftershock • Blind thrust Doublet • Interplate • …   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

  • Michoud fault — The Michoud fault is a geological fault that runs through eastern New Orleans. [1] The Michoud fault is the subject of extensive scientific inquiry into why Louisiana is losing vast tracts of land …   Wikipedia

  • thrust fault — noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression • Syn: ↑overthrust fault, ↑reverse fault • Hypernyms: ↑inclined fault * * * noun : a reverse fault in which the angle between the horizontal and the …   Useful english dictionary

  • Serra Fault — The Serra Fault is the northernmost fault in a zone of northwest striking range front thrust faults adjacent to and northeast of the San Francisco Peninsula segment of the San Andreas Fault (Kennedy, 2005). The Serra Fault is positioned… …   Wikipedia

  • overthrust fault — noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression • Syn: ↑thrust fault, ↑reverse fault • Hypernyms: ↑inclined fault * * * noun also overthrust …   Useful english dictionary

  • tear fault — noun Etymology: tear (IV) : a fault occurring in the rocks above a low angle thrust fault and striking approximately at right angles to the strike of the thrust fault * * * tear fault «tair», Geology. a big crevice left by a landslide …   Useful english dictionary

  • Detachment fault — View from Wheeler Peak, Snake Range, Nevada, is one of the tallest peaks within the Great Basin, and was formed by detachment faulting. Detachment faulting is associated with large scale extensional tectonics. Detachment faults often have very… …   Wikipedia

  • lag fault — noun Etymology: lag (I) : a minor low angle thrust fault resulting within an overthrust mass from one part of the mass being thrust farther than an adjacent higher or lower part * * * lag fault, Geology. a fault caused by one layer of rock being… …   Useful english dictionary

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