| 单词 | reverse fault |
| 释义 | reverse faultnoun Geology.a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to normal fault). Compare thrust fault. Origin of reverse faultFirst recorded in 1885–90 Words nearby reverse faultreversed peristalsis, reversed Prausnitz-Küstner reaction, reverse Eck fistula, reverse-engineer, reverse English, reverse fault, reverse lightning, reverse osmosis, reverse passive hemagglutination, reverse plate, reverse psychology Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for reverse faultreverse fault [ rĭ-vûrs′ ] A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall. Reverse faults occur where two blocks of rock are forced together by compression. Compare normal fault. See Note and illustration at fault. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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