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English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
fault gap
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fault — n [Anglo French faute lack, failing, ultimately from Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint] 1: a usu. intentional act forbidden by law; also: a usu. intentional omission to do something (as to exercise due care) required by law see also negligence … Law dictionary
fault line — noun (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth s surface • Topics: ↑geology • Hypernyms: ↑line • Part Holonyms: ↑fault, ↑faulting, ↑geological fault … Useful english dictionary
fault — {{11}}fault (n.) late 13c., faute, deficiency, from O.Fr. faute (12c.) opening, gap; failure, flaw, blemish; lack, deficiency, from V.L. *fallita a shortcoming, falling, noun use of fem. pp., from L. falsus deceptive, feigned, spurious, pp. of… … Etymology dictionary
fault — Synonyms and related words: aberrancy, aberration, abysm, abyss, accountability, accountable, accuse, answerability, answerable, arroyo, at fault, atrocity, bad habit, besetting sin, birthmark, blackhead, blame, blameworthy, bleb, blemish,… … Moby Thesaurus
gap — Synonyms and related words: abysm, abyss, aperture, arrearage, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, box canyon, breach, break, breakage, broaching, burst, caesura, canyon, cavity, cessation, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, chip, clearing,… … Moby Thesaurus
Craven Fault — The Craven Fault is the name applied by geologists to the group of crustal faults in the Pennines that form the south edge of the Askrigg Block. It is evident at the surface in the contrast of limestone with millstone grit. It is coincident with… … Wikipedia
Calaveras Fault — Note that Diablo Fault and Mount Diablo Fault redirect here. The Calaveras Fault is a major branch of the San Andreas Fault located in northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area. It runs east of the San Andreas, diverging from it in the… … Wikipedia
Rocky Face Fault — The Rocky Face Fault is a geological fault responsible, in part, for the location of Cumberland Gap in the southern Appalachian mountain range. (Another factor is wind gap erosion from rivers which predated the Alleghenian orogeny.) Included… … Wikipedia
Slab gap hypothesis — In geology, the slab gap hypothesis is one of the explanations put forward to explain several instances of crustal extension that occur inland near former subduction zones.Standard plate tectonic theory holds that once a trench is closed by an… … Wikipedia
Seismic gap — A seismic gap is a segment of an active geologic fault or subduction zone that has not slipped in an unusually long time; they are often considered susceptible to future strong earthquakes.External links*… … Wikipedia
seismic gap — the part of an active fault that has experienced little or no seismic activity for a long period, indicating the buildup of stresses that are useful in predicting earthquakes. * * * … Universalium
