upthrow

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For the next half-mile, the river keeps to the upthrow side of the fault, the scarp of which blocks the tributary streams from the west, forming a number of small pools.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles

Out, traitor!" cried the girl with a quick, scornful upthrow of the chin, "it is the smile that saves you, Louis, lad.

From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

The upthrow is uniformly on the eastern side of the fault.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles

There has also been a certain amount of upthrow owing to the hydrostatic pressure.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John

Thrust faults hade to the upthrow; the hanging wall has gone up.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon