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Words related to faulting

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  • block faulting

    the process by which tensional forces in the earth's crust cause large bodies of rock to founder.

  • escarpment

    A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.

  • fault block

    a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.

  • fault breccia

    angular rock fragments produced by fracture and grinding during faulting and distributed within or adjacent to the fault plane.

  • fracture zone

    a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.

  • scarp

    a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
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