fault plane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fault plane
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The abundance of fluids within these tiny holes reduces friction along the fault plane, allowing the two rock blocks on either side to slide past each other more easily and generate small earthquakes.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
The grinding of the two sides against each other on the fault plane sends out waves of motion of the rock in every direction.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 17, 2023
Slickensides are polished, often grooved surfaces along the fault plane created by friction during the movement.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The rupture surface is the part of the fault plane along which displacement occurred.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Thus, in Figure 185, the rigid earth block under lateral thrust has found it easier to break along the fault plane than to fold.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
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