faulting

WORDNET DICTIONARY

faulting(n = noun.object) break, fault, fracture, geological fault, shift - (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"

has parts: fault line

is a kind of cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure

has particulars: inclined fault, strike-slip fault

faulting, n.

The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced. [1913 Webster]

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