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In geology, a fault or fault line is a planar fracture in rock in which the rock on one side of the fracture has moved with respect to the rock on the other side. Large faults within the Earth's c...
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Fault - Definition of Fault at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Fault. Word of the Day and Crossword Puzzles. ... a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
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A fault is a break in the rocks that make up the Earth’s crust, along which rocks on either side have moved past each other.
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photographs and description of fault types and fault zone features ... Faults and Fault Zone ... Fault Contacts...
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Fault - A split in the crust of the earth in which the two sides of the split may shift in opposing directions, resulting in an earthquake.
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The Normal Fault ... The reverse fault is a normal fault except the general movement of the fault blocks is toward each other, not away from each other as in the normal fault. This forms a thrust fault type expression on the surface with material overlaying other material.
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The San Andreas Fault and the San Francisco Bay Area ... This valley is remarkably straight because the San Andreas fault runs down its center. The San Andreas is a classic ``Strike Slip'' fault: the two sides (for the most part) move past each other horizontally.
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Definition of fault from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... — at fault 1 : unable to find the scent and continue chase; 2 : open to blame : responsible <couldn't determine who was really at fault>
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The three basic types of fault, with their nomenclature, in a nutshell. ... The three basic fault types along with their parts ... A fault is a large crack in the Earth's crust where one part of the crust has moved against another part. This movement means that faults prove the Earth is an active place. They are signs of...
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The San Andreas fault in California is a nearby example of a transform, separating the Pacific from the North American plate. At transforms the plates mostly slide past each other laterally, producing less sinking or lifing of the ground than extensional or compressional environments.
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