inclined fault

1. A geological fault in which one side is above the other (synset 109333522)
   is a type 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
   subtypes:

   • 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
   has:

   • footwall - the lower wall of an inclined fault
   • hanging wall - the upper wall of an inclined fault

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