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/fˈɔltɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Faulting n. (Geol.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.

verb

Fault v. t. (past & past part. faulted; pres. part. faulting)

To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame. (Obs.) "For that I will not fault thee."

(Geol.) To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.

Fault v. i. To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong. (Obs.) "If after Samuel's death the people had asked of God a king, they had not faulted."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Faulting" Quotes from Famous Books

... Catoctin Belt is anticlinal. On its core appear the oldest rocks; on its borders, those of medium age; and in adjacent provinces the younger rocks. In the location of its system of faulting, also, it faithfully follows the Appalachian law that faults lie upon the steep side ...

— History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia • James W. Head

... part of the group and attains an elevation of 5344 ft. Other noted peaks are M'Intyre (5210 ft,), Haystack (4918), Dix (4916) and Whiteface (4871). These mountains, consisting of various sorts of gneiss, intrusive granite and gabbro, have been formed partly by faulting but mainly by erosion, the lines of which have been determined by the presence of faults or the presence of relatively soft rocks. Lower Palaeozoic strata lap up on to the crystalline rocks on all sides of the mountain group. ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia