Crossword clues for faulting
faulting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fault \Fault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Faulting.]
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To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame. [Obs.]
For that I will not fault thee.
--Old Song. (Geol.) To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.
Faulting \Fault"ing\, n. (Geol.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.
Wiktionary
n. Formation of a geological fault. vb. (present participle of fault English)
Usage examples of "faulting".
He scanned the far wall of the trench for any sign of faulting, such as a steeply diagonal line with one kind of soil on one side and another on the other.
We can gather historical and carbon dates from past faulting events and calculate statistical averages that tell us about how often faulting occurs at a given location, but an average interval is a mathematical result, not a schedule.
The good news is that the faulting can result in an impermeable rock layer being moved alongside a reservoir rock layer, preventing oil from escaping on that side.
It escapes because the trap rock above the oil reservoir has been breached by erosion or faulting.