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Reverse fault Moderate

Reverse fault has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression

2

A type of fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inclined fault
Rhyming Words
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