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faulting
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(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
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noun
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
“They built it right over a geological fault”
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They built it right over a geological fault
He studied the faulting of the earth's crust
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