upthrow
Americannoun
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an upheaval, as of the earth's surface.
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Geology. an upward displacement of rock on one side of a fault.
verb (used with object)
noun
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geology the upward movement of rocks on one side of a fault plane relative to rocks on the other side
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rare an upward thrust or throw; upheaval
Etymology
Origin of upthrow
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There has also been a certain amount of upthrow owing to the hydrostatic pressure.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
Thrust faults hade to the upthrow; the hanging wall has gone up.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
Out, traitor!" cried the girl with a quick, scornful upthrow of the chin, "it is the smile that saves you, Louis, lad.
From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
The upthrow is uniformly on the eastern side of the fault.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison
The pool is simply due to the reversal of the natural slope of the river-bed, caused by the formation of a roll or undulation in the ground on the upthrow side of the fault.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison
Then, the vast volcano burst; rent the whole mass; upthrew the ancient rocks; which now in divers mountain tops tell tales of what existed ere Mardi was completely fashioned.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
Then, quick The sash upthrowing, she made as if to speak Harshly; but still he held his quiet eyes Upon her.
From Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems by George Parsons Lathrop
This a modern example of a Gilbert-type delta, which is a delta composed primarily of coarse material actively eroded from the mountainous upthrown block to the north.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
To the left was the seemingly endless ice-field that looked like the angry billows of a storm-tossed sea which had been arrested at the height of tempest, its white-capped, upthrown waves paralyzed cold and dead.
From Polaris of the Snows by Charles B. Stilson
Flora was within half a step of him with her right arm upthrown.
From Kincaid's Battery by Alonzo Kimball
Claflin poured through the right of the line, the ball bounded back from some upthrown arm and went dancing along the field.
From Left Guard Gilbert by Edward C. Caswell
Toward these bluffs, winding and twisting in and out among broken and upthrown blocks of ice, ran a slightly traveled trail.
From Smoke Bellew by Jack London
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