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Keywords:
Fracture,
Displacement,
Crust,
Rock,
Slip
A fracture in the earth's crust (fault) that causes the land on one side of the fault to be raised above the land on the other side.
The processes by which crustal forces cause a rock formation to break and slip along a fault.
the process of fracturing that produces a displacement of rock.
Slip events along a fault.
Movement of rock along a fracture.
Breaks in the earth's crust caused by tectonic forces which have moved the rock on one side with respect to the other.
To fracture so as to produce a geologic fault.
Relative displacement of adjacent bedrock along a fracture.
Cracks or breaks within a body of rock, causing one part of the body of rock to slip or slide relative to the other.
The processes by which rocks fracture under stress, and move relative to rocks on the other side of a fracture.
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