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COMPRESSION FAULT [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A fault caused by the squeezing of rocks in the Earth's crust.

OBS

A compression fault is produced by lateral crustal compression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Lorsque le toit a descendu la pente du plan de faille, la faille est normale, s'il l'a remontée, la faille est inverse; les failles inverses sont des failles de poussée ou des failles de compression.

Spanish

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