Break

Of geology and crack.   May also be referred to as fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault and shift.

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust".

This concept's ID is @1~49193

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  • inclined fault 4 facts

    A geological fault in which one side is above the other.

  • fault line 0 facts

    (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's ...

  • San Andreas Fault 0 facts

    A major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco;...

  • Denali Fault 0 facts

    A major open geological fault in Alaska.

  • strike-slip fault 0 facts

    A geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved...