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Definition of Fault line

1. Noun. (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface.

Definition of Fault line

1. Noun. (geology) The line formed by the intersection of the plane of a fault with the surface of the Earth ¹

2. Noun. (context: by extension) A minor split (in public opinion etc) that may develop into something larger ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fault Line

Literary usage of Fault line

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"The fault line indicated on the eastern side of the valley, however, ... The San Andreas-Stevens Creek fault line has been subjected to even more recent ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"The chalcedony was deposited along a fault line developed after the intrusion of the limestone into the tuff. ..."

3. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the state earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1910)
"... as we leave the fault-line. As the strains are proportional to the F1o jj stresses, the curvature of the line D'C' must become greater the further we go ..."

4. A Text-book of Geology for Use in Universities: Colleges, Schools of Science by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1920)
"Development of fault-line scarps. A, faulted block of strata commencing a second ... B, after erosion; a fault-line scarp has formed which faces toward the ..."

5. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"Such fault-line valleys must be distinguished from fault valleys or troughs, ... The fault-line valley, on the other hand, is an erosion feature, ..."

6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"From this and other facts it is inferred that a fault-line extends here as indicated by the line A. The very variable amount of change of level along this ..."

7. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"SW. fault line dips southeastward. How may this fact be ascertained from the map? Unconformities and faults can not be confused on a map because they are ..."

8. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906, and Their Effects by Grove Karl Gilbert, Richard Lewis Humphrey, John Stephen Sewell (1907)
"DISTANCE FROM THE fault line. The actual area of destruction was about 400 miles long (from north to south) and 50 miles wide on either side of the fault ..."

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