thrust fault

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von thrust fault im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: bindirme fayı; (Jeoloji) ters fay

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von thrust fault im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A type of fault, with movement of the Earth's crust, in which a lower stratigraphic layer is pushed up and over a younger one as a result of compression forces; A fault caused by compressional forces; a fault on which the hanging wall appears to have moved up-ward, relative to the footwall, at an angle of 45o or less It is caused by horizontal compression It is a reverse fault with a shallowly dipping fault plane; A reverse fault in which the fault plane is inclined at an angle equal to or less than 45°; Break in the earth's crust from squeezing or compression; the overlying block moves up the dip of the fault plane and the underlying block moves down; A geologic fault where the hanging wall is forced over the foot wall; Reverse faults that dip at low angles (less than 15 degrees) and have stratigraphic displacements commonly measured in kilometers; n a low-angle reverse fault, where the hanging wall (overhanging wall) moves upward relative to the footwall; A reverse fault marked by a dip of 45º or less; a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression; when a reverse fault has an angle of 45º or less; A reverse fault with a low angle of inclination
blind thrust fault: A type of thrust fault, which does not appear on the surface, being completely hidden underneath ductile surface rock layers

thrust fault

Türkische aussprache

thrʌst fôlt

/ˈᴛʜrəst ˈfôlt/ /ˈθrʌst ˈfɔːlt/

() * Term coined by geologist Archibald Geikie in 1884

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