upthrow

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The other side of the semicircle was occupied by the upthrow of a low rise blocking off an horizon at its nearest point but a few hundred yards away.

From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward

The pool is simply due to the reversal of the natural slope of the river-bed, caused by the formation of a roll or undulation in the ground on the upthrow side of the fault.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles

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

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles

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

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

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