fault (noun)
41fault valley — noun see fault line valley …
42fault cliff — noun : a cliff formed by faulting …
43fault conglomerate — noun : crush conglomerate …
44fault-line scarp — noun : a cliff or escarpment resulting from the erosion of soft rock that has been brought against hard rock by faulting …
45fault terrace — noun : a topographic bench or step on a hill slope formed by displacement by two approximately parallel faults along each of which the downhill side has moved down relatively to the uphill side …
46fault trough — noun : a usually long and narrow depression bounded on either side by faults compare graben …
47foot fault — noun 1. : a fault called against a server in tennis by reason of his failure to keep both feet behind the base line or because of walking, running, or failure to maintain contact with the ground during the delivery of a service 2. : the stepping… …
48overthrust 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 …
49reverse 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… …
50thrust 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 …
