| 单词 | red rock fault |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRed Rock Fault Red Rock Fault n. Geology (the name of) a fault in Permian red beds, forming part of the boundary of the Cheshire Basin. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > specific fault Red Rock Fault1838 1838 J. Heywood in Notices & Abstr. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1837 79 For seven miles to the north-west of Pendleton, a remarkable promontory of red sandstone stretches out as far as Ringley Bridge,..and gives the very appropriate name of the ‘Red-rock Fault’ to an enormous displacement of the coal measures, by means of which the beds of coal are abruptly cut off, and their level is changed to an average extent of 1000 yards. 1942 E. M. Anderson Dynamics of Faulting & Dyke Formation v. 76 The ‘North Staffordshire Boundary Fault’..is not a single fault, as two separate north-north-easterly fractures bound the coalfield... The northern of these is known as the Red Rock Fault. 1993 P. Salway Hist. Rom. Brit. (1997) vii. 141 The rebuilding in stone..of the Turf Wall from the Irthing to the ‘Red Rock Fault’ five miles to the west. < as lemmas |
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