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
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
The downthrow was not the work of one single act of disturbance—it went on for ages.
From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard
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 Norton, William Harmon
A thrust fault with a hade of 30 degrees, showing cliffs due to harder strata outcropping on the downthrow.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
