Definition of Inclined fault

1. Noun. A geological fault in which one side is above the other.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Inclined Fault

incles
inclinable
inclinableness
inclinatio
inclinatio pelvis
inclination
inclination of an orbit
inclination of pelvis
inclinational
inclinations
inclinatory
incline
incline bench press
inclined
inclined(p)
inclined fault (current term)
inclined grate
inclined plane
inclined planes
inclinedly
incliner
incliners
inclines
inclinest
inclineth
inclining
inclinings
inclinnation
inclinnometer
inclinometer

Literary usage of Inclined fault

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Graphical Solution of Fault Problems by Cyrus Fisher Tolman (1911)
"The projections of the intersections of the inclined fault plane with the ... Given an inclined fault plane and the dip, strike, and total heave of both ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Section of a vertical and inclined fault. between the two faults at С above the uniform horizon which it retains beyond them. That faults are vertical ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Section of a vertical and inclined fault. twice as great as in A, while the throw is the same in both; the fault A has no heave, in В it is considerable. ..."

4. The Student's Manual of Geology by Joseph Beete Jukes (1872)
"... however, measured at the surface by the space Ao, will be much less than that marked Z, which will be lost by the more gently inclined fault CD, ..."

5. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"... hade is used, possibly, more conveniently, though perhaps less commonly, than dip. In the case of an inclined fault the side which tends to be ..."

6. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"In the case of an inclined fault, the level of the selected stratum is protracted across the fissure until a vertical from it will reach the level of the ..."

7. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1894)
"It is just such a swing- round that the inclined fault-plane of Pordoi and Sella shows, and I may state generally that the faults of Sella may be grouped ..."

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