Similar words: at fault, thrust, thrusting, fault, faulty, default, in fault, faulting. Meaning: n. a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression.
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1. Near - west - east thrust fault system and north - south slide fault system resulted from the system separate the west area into different chess - type structural blocks .
2. Segmentation of thrust fault zone is a basic problem for earthquake hazard evaluation.
3. Controlled by the main thrust fault and secondary thrust faults, the interior pluton was deformed intensively, and a complex fault-propagation fold was formed.
4. On Monday afternoon, an upward thrust fault broke[sentencedict.com/thrust fault.html], generating an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9.
5. On Monday afternoon, an upward thrust fault broke, generating earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9.
6. "It was what we call a thrust fault, " says Susan Hough of the U. S. Geological Survey in Pasadena, California.
7. Focal mechanisms demonstrate that most are of thrust fault and next the normal.
8. The south Qinling has formed an imbricated thrust fault at low angle from the north to the south.
9. Results 4 thrust faults in NWW direction developed, which composed the imbricated thrust fault system in the piedmont and the southern part of the study area.
10. Structural characteristics of inversion structure, fold association style, thrust fault zone upright strata developed belt shown in great profiles were also discussed.
11. Haiyuan left lateral active fault and northern edge thrust fault of Qilian moutain compose the major northeastern boundary of present day crustal movement of the Qinghai Tibet block.
12. The second is the thrust fault and fold structure caused by middle layer compression system.
13. Moreover, the back limbs of such folds may become detached along major thrust faults to produce nappes.
14. It was considered that method of equilibrium profile is the best method to recognize and quantitatively study active thrust fault and underlying fault.
15. The results indicate that the occurrence of Baguamiao gold deposit is dually controlled by its brittle-ductile shear zone, imbricate up thrust fault and its induced structure.
16. With the consideration of strike, dip and slip directions of focal mechanism, we have confirmed that Ibaraki earthquake is a thrust fault earthquake occurred under the Japan Trench.
17. The Luochen Copper Mine is situated at the composite part of the protruding south front of the large scale thrust( slip) nappe and the NNE-trend strike-slip thrust fault in the south edge of Jiuling.
18. The most efficient structural assemblage zone for gas accumulation is the thrust fault and nappe thrust belt developed in a variety of salt-related due to tectonic compression and salt flexible fluid.
19. The lithologic oil and gas reservoirs are developed in the foreland thrust fault zones due to highly structural activity.
20. When the dip angle is shallow a reverse fault is often described as a thrust fault.
21. The Changpo reverse anticline controls the location of Changpo-Tongkeng deposit, while the bed-parallel shear fracture zone and thrust fault control the ore bodies.
22. The major structural elements of the central structural belt are the combinations of double thrust fault system with ejective folds.
23. The volume of displacement along the NNW - verging master thrust fault is estimated to be about 13.
24. The tear fault intersected with low angle normal fault or thrust fault can form some traps, e. g. trap-door structure trap.
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