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thrust fault

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
thrust -fault
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

Coined by geologist Archibald Geikie in 1884.

Inflected Forms

thrust faults (plural)

Derived Forms

overthrust

Phrases

blind thrust fault

Synonyms

overthrust fault reverse fault

Questions

What does thrust fault mean?
A type of reverse fault in which the angle that the hanging wall makes with the horizontal is less than 45 degrees.
Where does thrust fault come from?
Coined by geologist Archibald Geikie in 1884.

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