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FAULT THROW [1 record]

Record 1 2005-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

The amount of vertical displacement of the rocks due to faulting.

CONT

... a knowledge of fault offsets and fault geometries are essential for tracing disrupted mineral zones.

OBS

The most important faulting feature from the mining aspect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Le rejet peut être décomposé en rejet vertical, horizontal, transversal et longitudinal.

CONT

Au Sud-Ouest, par endroits, la minéralisation est brutalement interrompue par le rejet de failles anté-miocènes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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