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Reverse Fault

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
thrust fault
plural
Reverse Faults
possessive
Reverse Fault's
pluralpossessive
Reverse Faults'