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Compression ratio — For compression ratio in data compression, see data compression ratio. The compression ratio of an internal combustion engine or external combustion engine is a value that represents the ratio of the volume of its combustion chamber from its… … Wikipedia
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fault — a break in the continuity of rock strata. May be due to tension, compression, and/or horizontal tearing … Geography glossary
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thrust fault — noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression • Syn: ↑overthrust fault, ↑reverse fault • Hypernyms: ↑inclined fault * * * noun : a reverse fault in which the angle between the horizontal and the … Useful english dictionary
Mount Diablo Thrust Fault — The Mount Diablo Thrust Fault, also known as the Mount Diablo Blind Thrust, is a thrust fault in the vicinity of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, California. The fault lies between the Calaveras Fault, the Greenville Fault, and the Concord… … Wikipedia
Transform fault — (the red lines) A transform fault or transform boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral … Wikipedia
Thrust fault — in the Qilian Shan, China. The older (left, blue and red) thrust over the younger (right, brown). A thrust fault is a type of fault, or break in the Earth s crust across which there has been relative movement, in which rocks of lower… … Wikipedia
reverse fault — noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression • Syn: ↑thrust fault, ↑overthrust fault • Hypernyms: ↑inclined fault * * * noun : a geological fault in which the hanging wall appears to have been… … Useful english dictionary
overthrust fault — noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression • Syn: ↑thrust fault, ↑reverse fault • Hypernyms: ↑inclined fault * * * noun also overthrust … Useful english dictionary
Azores-Gibraltar Transform Fault — The Azores Gibraltar Transform Fault, also called the Azores Gibraltar fault zone (AGFZ), is a major geologic fault which runs eastward from the eastern end of the Terceira Rift in the Azores, extending through the Strait of Gibraltar, past… … Wikipedia
