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
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
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 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
The escarpments, however, are due in a large degree to the erosion of weaker rock on the downthrow side.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
