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Noun Concept

Categories: Earth's crust, Stratigraphy, Articles with short description, long volume value, Patterned grounds

fault faulting geological fault shift fracture

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other WordNet 3.0

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(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A fracture is any separation in a geologic formation, such as a joint or a fault that divides the rock into two or more pieces. Wikipedia

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Wikipedia

A fracture within a geological formation Wikipedia Disambiguation

Planar rock fractures showing evidence of relative movement Wikipedia Disambiguation

Geologic discontinuity feature, often a diaclase, or a fault Wikidata

A fracture or a zone of fractures along which there has been displacement of the sides relative to one another parallel to the fracture. OmegaWiki

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces. Wiktionary

Instance of breaking something into pieces. Wiktionary (translation)

A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall. Wiktionary

Narrow crack. Wiktionary (translation)

A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity. Wiktionary

Formation of a geological fault. Wiktionary

A fault or crack in a rock. Wiktionary

(geology) fault. Wiktionary (translation)

A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault. Wiktionary

He studied the faulting of the earth's crust WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

They built it right over a geological fault WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily. Wiktionary

IS A

HAS PART

PART OF

Maria fold and thrust belt

HAS KIND

HAS INSTANCE

Cascadia subduction zone

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Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

MANIFESTATION OF

rock

MATERIAL USED

rock

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Վիքիպեդիա:Կարևորագույն հոդվածներ

STUDIED BY

structural geology

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break

Wikipedia

fault (geology), fracture (geology)

Wikidata

crevice, fault, fracture

Wiktionary

break, crevice, fault, faulting, fracture, shift

OmegaWiki

fault

Wikipedia Redirections

brittle deformation, dextral fault, dip-slip, dip-slip fault, dip-slip faults, earthquake fault, Earthquake hotspot, earthquake zone, Fault-line, Fault (seismology), fault activity, fault lines, fault plane, fault trough, fault zone, faulting, faultline, Faultzone, foot wall, fractured rock, geologic fault, Geologic fault line, geologic faulting, geologic faults, geological fault, geological fault line, geological fracture, Ground faulting, Hangingwall, listric fault, oblique-slip, oblique-slip fault, planar fracture, Reverse faulting, Right lateral fault, ring fault, Rock fracture, rocky crevices, seismic fault, seismological fault, Shatter belt, sinistral fault, slip fault, Step-fault, Stike-slip fault, strike-slip, strike-slip earthquake, strike-slip faulting, strike slip fault, strike slip faults, synthetic and antithetic faults, tear fault, Tear vault, tectonic fault, thrust plane, transcurrent fault, wrench fault

Wikidata Alias

cleft, crack, fissure, geologic fault, geological fault, seismic fault