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Reverse Fault

nounid 122881·updated May 18, 2026
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a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression

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Variants

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

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

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