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Thrust fault Moderate

Thrust 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 reverse fault in which the angle that the hanging wall makes with the horizontal is less than 45 degrees.

See Also
overthrust reverse fault duplex blind thrust fault hanging wall
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inclined fault
Rhyming Words
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