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

A normal fault with a hade of 50 degrees, the original fault scarp worn away, showing cliffs caused by harder strata on the downthrow side.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

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

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

The entire country from this point to Sydney Heads has been slowly let down by one of those great earth movements known as a "downthrow fault."

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard