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fault zone
noun
- a network of interconnected fractures representing the surficial expression of a fault.
Word History and Origins
Origin of fault zone1
Example Sentences
GPS receivers installed at fault zones can tell scientists how much the land moves between, during and after earthquakes.
Before slow-slip events were discovered, scientists would visit fault zones periodically with a GPS unit to measure its position.
So they started placing “continuously-operating” GPS units at fault zones.
The Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone passes straight through that peninsula, marking where the Caribbean tectonic plate to the south grinds against the small Gonâve tectonic plate to the north.
Even if a fault zone has recently experienced an earthquake, however, there is no guarantee that all the stress has been relieved.
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