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fault plane
noun
, Geology.
- fault6
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fault plane1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
Thus, in Figure 185, the rigid earth block under lateral thrust has found it easier to break along the fault plane than to fold.
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In 1891 there occurred along an old fault plane in Japan a slip which produced an earth rent traced for fifty miles (Fig. 192).
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Normal faults occur in response to pulling or tension; the overlying block moves down the dip of the fault plane.
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Thrust (reverse) faults occur in response to squeezing or compression; the overlying block moves up the dip of the fault plane.
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The angle (ff´v) which the fault plane makes with the vertical is the hade.
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