| 单词 | to fault down or through |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fault down or through 9. Geology and Mining. transitive. Chiefly passive. To cause a fault (see fault n. 9) or break of continuity in; to dislocate; now also intransitive. to fault down or through: to depress (part of a stratum), to drive (part of it) through (another) with the result of causing a fault. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > tectonize [verb (transitive)] > fault fault1837 rift1963 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > break the continuity of or interrupt [verb (transitive)] discontinuea1398 breakc1400 interrupta1420 intermit1557 takea1586 interpellate1599 interfalk1621 snapa1790 fault1837 1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria vii. 139 It is faulted on the north-west against Old Red Sandstone. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 111 If the stratum were inclined at 15° without faulting, it would stand as in fig. D. 1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks Black slates at Llandeilo are faulted through the Caradoc beds. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks ii. 8 Portions of the already solidified crust were faulted down or depressed. 1883 Science 1 101 An undulation which has overturned the folds, and has faulted them in some places. 1927 Daily Express 5 July 11/4 A geological inexactitude which appears to have faulted or slipped from peaceful churchyard surroundings to a boisterous life in the ocean waves. < as lemmas |
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