Normal Fault
nounid
98593·updated May 18, 2026verified
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
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- common faultgravity fault
- plural
- Normal Faults
- possessive
- Normal Fault's
- pluralpossessive
- Normal Faults'
Framework definitions
- §1
- an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
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