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