Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
FALLA INVERSA: Bloque levantado y Bloque hundido
English translation:
Reverse Fault: Upthrust and Dropped Blocks
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bigedsenior
Jun 6, 2008 19:38
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Spanish term
FALLA INVERSA: Bloque levantado y Bloque hundido
Spanish to English
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| 5 +3 | Revers Fault: Upthrust and Dropped Blocks |
bigedsenior
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| 5 | Reverse fault: hanging wall, foot wall |
Enrique Espinosa
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Jun 6, 2008 22:51: bigedsenior Created KOG entry
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Revers Fault: Upthrust and Dropped Blocks
The difference between a thrust and a reverse fault is in their influence. A reverse fault occurs primarily across lithological units whereas a thrust ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust_fault
... but opposite dips enclosing an upthrust or down-dropped segment of the crust. The down-dropped block is a graben or rift if it is bounded by two normal faults. ...
www.geosc.psu.edu/courses/Geosc_001/N012.DOC
Southwestern U. S. Geology Gallery
They are bordered by upthrust blocks -- ranges -- such as this one. ... bolson is a regional term for a down-dropped basin between fault-block ranges. ...
raymondwiggers.homestead.com/Southwestern_Geology_Gallery.html -
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust_fault
... but opposite dips enclosing an upthrust or down-dropped segment of the crust. The down-dropped block is a graben or rift if it is bounded by two normal faults. ...
www.geosc.psu.edu/courses/Geosc_001/N012.DOC
Southwestern U. S. Geology Gallery
They are bordered by upthrust blocks -- ranges -- such as this one. ... bolson is a regional term for a down-dropped basin between fault-block ranges. ...
raymondwiggers.homestead.com/Southwestern_Geology_Gallery.html -
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Reverse fault: hanging wall, foot wall
According to the Penguin Dictionary of Geology
Reverse fault: A fault with a major dip-slip component in which the hannging wall (bloque levantado o del techo) is on the upthrow side.
American Geological Institute Dictionary:
Reverse fault: a fault along which the hanging wall (Techo o bloque levantado o del alto) has been raised relatively to the footwall (piso, o bloque del bajo)
Reverse fault: A fault with a major dip-slip component in which the hannging wall (bloque levantado o del techo) is on the upthrow side.
American Geological Institute Dictionary:
Reverse fault: a fault along which the hanging wall (Techo o bloque levantado o del alto) has been raised relatively to the footwall (piso, o bloque del bajo)
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