"fault" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- A thrust fault is a reverse fault with a dip of 45 or less.
- As all of these are thrust and reverse faults, they probably result from northeast directed regional compression.
- Many of the boundaries are thrust or reverse faults.
- The inland zone has a chevron folded structure with reverse faults.
- The dip of a reverse fault is relatively steep, greater than 45 .
- A normal fault may therefore become a reverse fault and vice versa.
- The earthquake is interpreted to result from movement on a southeast-dipping reverse fault.
- The difference between a thrust fault and a reverse fault is in their influence.
- The focal mechanism suggests that the reverse fault is moderately-dipping to either south or north.
- The northeastern flank is accompanied by a reverse fault with very little heave (10-15 m).
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