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thrust fault
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English
Etymology
Coined by geologist Archibald Geikie in 1884.
Noun
thrust fault (plural thrust faults)
- (geology) A type of reverse fault in which the angle that the hanging wall makes with the horizontal is less than 45 degrees.
Derived terms
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