- fault tectonics
- Геология: разрывная тектоника (10-4)
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
fault tectonics
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fault — /fawlt/, n. 1. a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one s character. 2. responsibility for failure or a wrongful act: It is my fault that we have not finished. 3. an error or mistake: a fault in addition. 4.… … Universalium
Fault-block — is thinned. ee also*List of mountain types *Mountain *Plate tectonicsReferences* Plummer, Charles, David McGeary, and Diane Carlson. Physical Geology 8th ed. McGraw Hill, Boston, 1999 … Wikipedia
plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… … Universalium
Transform fault — (the red lines) A transform fault or transform boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral … Wikipedia
Salt tectonics — is concerned with the geometries and processes associated with the presence of significant thicknesses of rock salt within a sequence of rocks. This is due both to the low density of salt, which does not increase with burial, and its low strength … Wikipedia
Plate tectonics — The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century … Wikipedia
Alpine Fault — The Alpine Fault is a geological fault, known as a right lateral strike slip fault, that runs almost the entire length of New Zealand s South Island. It forms a transform boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Indo Australian Plate.… … Wikipedia
Nootka Fault — The Nootka Fault, upper left The Nootka Fault is an active transform fault running southwest from Nootka Island, near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Geology The Nootka Fault lies between the Explorer Plate in the north and Juan de… … Wikipedia
Hayward Fault Zone — The Hayward Fault Zone is a geologic fault zone capable of generating significantly destructive earthquakes. About 60 kilometers long, it lies mainly along the western base of the hills on the east side of San Francisco Bay. It runs through… … Wikipedia
Clayton-Marsh Creek-Greenville Fault — This fault is shown in white and is the rightmost fault The Clayton Marsh Creek Greenville Fault is a fault located in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area of California, in Alameda County and Contra Costa County. It is part of the somewhat… … Wikipedia
Thrust fault — in the Qilian Shan, China. The older (left, blue and red) thrust over the younger (right, brown). 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… … Wikipedia
