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Common Fault

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
normal fault
plural
Common Faults
possessive
Common Fault's
pluralpossessive
Common Faults'