Chiefly Physical Geography. The process by which areas of the earth's crust are split into distinct blocks or plates by the formation of large…
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > faulting (5) rifting1865 Chiefly Physical Geography. The process by which areas of the earth's crust are split into distinct blocks or plates by the formation of large… thrust-faulting1912 block-faulting1921 faulting which divides a region into blocks. transcurrence1971 Geology. The phenomenon of transcurrent faulting. taphrogenesis1978 The formation of large-scale geological structures by high-angle or block faulting, esp. as the result of tensional forces in the crust. |
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