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





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... 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


Words linked to "Faulting" :   break, fissure, inclined fault, crevice, Denali Fault, fault line, geological fault, crack, cleft, fault, fracture, shift, geology, scissure, strike-slip fault


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