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(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
they built it right over a geological fault
he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
How To Use geological fault In A Sentence
- Yew Tree Tarn, near Coniston, is in line for a £37, 500 revamp which is aimed at stemming the flow of water from the dam - which has been built on a geological fault.
- The geological fault lines underlying the eruptions stretch to the Italian mainland.
- We do know they were caused by a geological fault under Manchester which appears to have settled now.
- It may be on geological fault lines, and there is always a risk of surface rockslides, especially in Peru's rainy season.
- they built it right over a geological fault
- Structurally dominated by a small geological fault, it is a cave that typifies the best of Yorkshire potholes: wet, deep, vertical, and culminating in one of the finest shafts in the country.
