downthrow
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I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval .
From Time Magazine Archive
Normal faults, of which Figure 184 is an example, hade to the downthrow; the hanging wall has gone down.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
A fault of recent date may be marked at surface by a scarp, because the face of the upthrown block has not yet been worn to the level of the downthrow side.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
He believed also that the present coast-line of China has to a large extent been determined by similar faults with their downthrow on the east.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
Under what circumstances should we term a fault a downthrow? and when should we term it an upcast?
From Geology by James Geikie
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