reverse fault
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noun Geology.
a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault ).
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reverse fault  (rĭ-vûrs') Pronunciation Key
A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall. Reverse faults occur where two blocks of rock are forced together by compression. Compare normal fault. See Note and illustration at fault. |
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Example sentences
On offshore faults, barbs simply indicate a reverse fault regardless of steepness of dip.
Along a reverse fault one rocky block is pushed up relative to rock on the other side.
High-angle reverse fault, location approximate, teeth on right from origin.
And he was asking, he heard that this earthquake was on a reverse fault line.
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