INCLINED FAULT
Dictionary entry overview: What does inclined fault mean?
• INCLINED FAULT (noun)
The noun INCLINED FAULT has 1 sense:
1. a geological fault in which one side is above the other
Familiarity information: INCLINED FAULT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INCLINED FAULT (noun)
Meaning:
A geological fault in which one side is above the other
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("inclined fault" is a kind of...):
break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift ((geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other)
Meronyms (parts of "inclined fault"):
footwall (the lower wall of an inclined fault)
hanging wall (the upper wall of an inclined fault)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inclined fault"):
common fault; gravity fault; normal fault (an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall)
overthrust fault; reverse fault; thrust fault (a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression)
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