fault block

noun Geology.

a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.

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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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