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PRONUNCIATION OF THRUST FAULT

thrust fault play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THRUST FAULT

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Thrust fault is a noun.
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WHAT DOES THRUST FAULT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

thrust fault

Thrust fault

A thrust fault is a type of fault, or break in the Earth's crust across which there has been relative movement, in which rocks of lower stratigraphic position are pushed up and over higher strata. They are often recognized because they place older rocks above younger. Thrust faults are the result of compressional forces.

Definition of thrust fault in the English dictionary

The definition of thrust fault in the dictionary is a fault in which the rocks on the upper side of an inclined fault plane have been displaced upwards, usually by compression; a reverse fault.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THRUST FAULT

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thruppence
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WORDS THAT END LIKE THRUST FAULT

assault
at fault
by default
compound fault
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dip fault
dip-slip fault
double fault
electrical fault
fault
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foot fault
gravity fault
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oblique fault
oblique-slip fault
strike fault
strike-slip fault
to a fault
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Synonyms and antonyms of thrust fault in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «thrust fault» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THRUST FAULT

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The translations of thrust fault from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thrust fault» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

逆冲断层
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falla inversa
570 millions of speakers

English

thrust fault
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जोर गलती
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

خطأ التوجه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

надвиге
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falha de empurrão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তিরস্কার দোষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faille de chevauchement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesalahan tujah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schiebung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

衝上断層
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추력 결함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sinambung fault
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

lỗi đẩy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துஷ்பிரயோகம் தவறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जोर फॉल्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Itme hatası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colpa di spinta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wina oporowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

насуванні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vina împingere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπαιτιότητα ώθηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stoot skuld
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

dragkraft fel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thrust feil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thrust fault

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THRUST FAULT»

The term «thrust fault» is normally little used and occupies the 122.798 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thrust fault

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THRUST FAULT»

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Age Relationships of the Golconda Thrust Fault, Sonoma ...
Triassic age for the Golconda thrust fault in the vicinity of the Sonoma Range quadrangle. In View of the various lines of new evidence outlined above and in consideration of how emplacement of the Golconda allochthon would best fit into the ...
Norman John Silberling, 1975
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Thrust Fault-Related Folding: AAPG Memoir 94
Rivero, C., and J. H. Shaw, 2011, Active folding and blindthrust faulting induced by basin inversion processes, inner California borderlands, in K. McClay, J. Shaw , and J. H. Suppe, eds., Thrust fault-related folding: AAPG Memoir 94, p.
Ken McClay, John H. Shaw, John Suppe, 2011
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Surficial Mapping and Kinematic Modeling of the St. Clair ...
Surficial Mapping and Kinematic Modeling of the St. Clair Thrust Fault, Monroe County, West Virginia Jason M. Sturms Near the Allegheny Structural boundary between the Appalachian Plateau and the Valley and Ridge Province of the West  ...
Jason M. Sturms, 2008
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Geology of the Sheeprock Thrust Sheet, Central Utah - New ...
The fault and the thrust sheet carried by it were later folded into a broad synform, probably by movement along a younger thrust fault (Midas thrust; Mitra, 1997) in the subsurface. Based on available data the Sabie Mountain thrust does not ...
Malay Mukul, Gautam Mitra, 1998
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Architecture of the Central Brooks Range Fold and Thrust ...
Blarney Creek thrust fault. The Blarney Creek thrust fault (Figs. 1 and 2; Oldow et al., 1984, 1987; Seidensticker and Oldow, Chapter 6, this volume) separates the underlying Doonerak duplex from the overlying Blarney Creek duplex, which ...
John S. Oldow, Hans G. Avé Lallemant, 1998
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
ball and bar on downthrown side: arrows show relative lateral movement directions; X, X', X", X'" denote fault segments discussed in text Tear fault — Dotted where concealed: arrows show relative lateral movement directions Thrust fault ...
‎2002
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Thrust Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Systems: AAPG Memoir 82
Truncation and displacement of a preexisting fold by a thrust fault modifies fold geometry and makes it more difficult to determine a fold's origin. A ramp results from truncationof the forelimb of an existing anticline, so a ramp does not, initself  ...
Kenneth R. McClay, 2004
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Late Cenozoic Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang, Red River, and Dali ...
Fig. 6). Several kilometers east of the offset folds and thrust fault, a steeply dipping fault separates the Upper Triassic Xinduqiao and Waduo formations and is offset 65 km across the fault (D-D'. Fig. 6). An east-dipping thrust fault that carries the ...
Erchie Wang, 1998
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Medicine Lodge thrust system, east-central Idaho and ...
The rocks along the crest and east flank of the mountain range are not known, but the presence of Lemhi Group rocks in glacial deposits at the head of Bloody Dick Creek suggests that the thrust fault is present at depth west of Bloody Dick ...
Edward Thompson Ruppel, 1978
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Emplacement Mechanisms of Nappes and Thrust Sheets
Such reversals of the metamorphic grade are understood to be the result of a heat released at the level of the thrust fault by the deformation of the basal layer ( Aprahamian and Pairis 1981). In the last instance, it is the analysis of the internal  ...
Olivier Merle, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THRUST FAULT»

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California fault is leaking helium from deep Earth
The leak suggests the Newport-Inglewood fault is deeper than scientists previously ... décollement—a low-angle thrust fault—below the surface of the LA Basin. «Futurity: Research News, Jul 15»
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USC geologist looks below solid ground to study little-known faults
Another fault slices through the city in an almost unbroken line from Malibu to .... It's the Puente Hills blind thrust fault — “blind” because it doesn't break the ... «USC News, May 15»
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Earthquake scientists go to Himalayas for seismic research
Steve Wesnousky, a geologist and professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, has been studying the Himalayan Frontal Thrust Fault since 1999. On sabbatical ... «Nevada Today, May 15»
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Why the Nepal earthquake may have been inevitable
On Saturday, a portion of the thrust fault underneath central Nepal ruptured, causing an earthquake that killed at least 5,200 people, injured more than 10,000 ... «PBS NewsHour, Apr 15»
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How The Deadly Nepal Earthquake Happened [Graphic]
Here are illustrations that show, first, how the initial collision occured, then how the thrust fault is continuing to fracture the crust in the area, and finally where the ... «Scientific American, Apr 15»
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Nepal earthquake moves Kathmandu but Everest height unchanged …
“It's likely that the earthquake occurred on the Himalayan Thrust fault, a plate boundary that separates the northern moving Indian sub-continent from Eurasia,” ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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Why Nepal? Science Explains Devastating Earthquake
The powerful earthquake that struck Nepal Saturday happened on a "thrust fault," according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which is when one part of the Earth's ... «Voice of America, Apr 15»
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How the Nepal Earthquake Happened
Normal faults create space when the ground cracks and separates. Nepal lies on a so-called thrust fault, where one tectonic plate forces itself on top of another. «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
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Nepal earthquake: The history and why quakes happen in the …
It is this “thrust fault” which caused the latest devastating earthquake. The risk now is there will be deadly landslides, given the steep slopes across the region. «The Independent, Apr 15»
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Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake in Nepal
This region has the highest rates of seismicity and largest earthquakes in the Himalaya region, caused mainly by movement on thrust faults. Examples of ... «YubaNet, Apr 15»

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