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Geological fault

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breakverb(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
faultnoun(typically uncountable) Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
fault linenoun(geology) The line formed by the intersection of the plane of a fault with the surface of the Earth.
fracturenoun(medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
geologicallyConcerning geology.
geologicOf, or relating to geology or a geologic time scale.
geotectonicOf or pertaining to geotectonics.
tectonic plates(geology) Any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics.
tectonicsnoun(geology) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.
geological periodnouna unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
seismicallyIn a seismic manner; with the qualities of an earthquake.
geomorphologicOf or pertaining to geomorphology; geomorphological
geomorphologicalOf or pertaining to geomorphology
plate tectonicsnoun(geology) The large-scale movement of tectonic plates that contributes to continental drift.
seismologicalnounRelating to seismology.
earthquakesnounA shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
geophysicalnounOf or pertaining to geophysics.
sedimentary rocknoun(geology) One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution.
seismicitynoun(geology) A measure or a degree of how seismic a region is or how prone it is to earthquakes.
earthquakenounA shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

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