Normal Fault
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- common faultgravity fault
- plural
- Normal Faults
- possessive
- Normal Fault's
- pluralpossessive
- Normal Faults'