fault (noun)
101cross fault — noun Etymology: cross (III) : a dip fault or oblique fault …
102double fault — noun Date: circa 1909 two consecutive serving faults in tennis that result in the loss of a point • double fault intransitive verb …
103transform fault — noun Date: 1965 a strike slip fault that occurs typically between segments of a mid ocean ridge or other tectonic plate boundary and that is characterized by shallow high magnitude earthquakes …
104active fault — noun A geologic fault which has exhibited seismic activity within a geologically recent time period …
105blind thrust fault — noun A type of thrust fault, which does not appear on the surface, being completely hidden underneath ductile surface rock layers …
106foot fault — noun A fault where the servers foot is placed within the court or on the wrong half of the baseline, prior to the ball being hit, resulting in a foul serve …
107sinistral fault — noun Term for a strike slip fault that shows left lateral movement …
108thrust fault — noun A type of fault, with movement of the Earths crust, in which a lower stratigraphic layer is pushed up and over a younger one as a result of compression forces …
109dextral fault — noun Term for a strike slip fault that shows right lateral movement …
110locked fault — noun A fault that does not slip due to high friction. Such faults accumulate stress which is finally released as an earthquake …
