normal fault
Fault where the rock above an inclined fault surface moves down relative to the rock below it.
All languages
- English
- normal fault
- Norwegian
- normalforkastning
- Japanese
- 正断層 — せいだんそう — seidan-sō
- Korean
- 정단층 — jeongdancheung
- Spanish
- falla normal
- French
- faille normale
- German
- Abschiebung
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