Definition that contains geological fault
- fault line (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
- overthrust fault a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
- thrust fault a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
- great rift valley ( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults
- reverse fault a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
- inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other
- san andreas fault a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes
- denali fault a major open geological fault in Alaska
- moment magnitude scale a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 (a successor to the Richter scale) that enables seismologists to compare the energy released by different earthquakes on the basis of the area of the geological fault that ruptured in the quake
- strike-slip fault a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally