fault block
noun Geology.
a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.
Nearby words
fauld, faulkner, faulkner, william, faulknerian, fault, fault block, fault breccia, fault line, fault plane, fault scarp, fault tree
Compare block faulting.
Origin of fault block
First recorded in 1895–1900
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