downthrow

Example Sentences

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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

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

When the breath of creation first fashion'd fair France, Did the Spirit of Ill, in his downthrow appalling, Bruise the world, and thus hollow thy basin while falling?

From Lucile by Meredith, Owen

Generally, the beds seem to be pulled down in the direction of the downthrow, and drawn up on the opposite side of the fault, as shewn in the diagram.

From Geology by Geikie, James

Instead of being discouraged by adverse attacks he had 212 gained new vigor from each downthrow.

From David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West by Maniates, Belle Kanaris