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
Contains
- inclined fault
A geological fault in which one side is above the other.
- fault line
(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's ...
- San Andreas Fault
A major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco;...
- Denali Fault
A major open geological fault in Alaska.
- strike-slip fault
A geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved...