fault (noun)
31fault trace — noun A line drawn on a map to represent the position of a fault line …
32fault gouge — noun Accumulated crushed rock debris which is the product of the movement of the rocks on each side of a fault …
33fault-finding — noun he came to expect nothing but fault finding from his wife Syn: criticism, captiousness, caviling, quibbling; complaining, grumbling, carping, moaning; informal nitpicking, griping, grousing, bellyaching Ant: praise …
34fault block — noun : a body of rock bounded by faults * * * Geol. a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults. Cf. block faulting. [1895 1900] * * * fault block, Geology. a mass of displaced rock between two faults, lifted above or sunk… …
35fault gouge — noun : finely comminuted uncemented rock characteristic of fault zones …
36fault rock — noun : a rock that consists of fragments produced by the crushing and grinding which accompany a dislocation and is often found along the fault plane compare crush breccia, crush conglomerate …
37fault slip — noun : a geologic fault …
38fault trace — noun : a line of intersection of a fault plane with the earth s surface …
39fault vent — noun : a volcanic vent situated on a fault …
40fault rubble — noun see fault breccia …