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downthrow

[′dau̇n‚thrō]
(geology)
The side of a fault whose relative movement appears to have been downward.
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Normal faults serve to downthrow the section progressively to the south where a more complete stratigraphy is displayed.
Sedimentology of a middle Jurassic base-of-slope environment, Cutri Formation, Mallorca
They occur at the base of the Waulsortian Limestone Formation, in the middle of a sub-outcropping dolomitised belt, and north of a major southwest-northeast trending normal fault system with downthrow to the north in excess of 200 m.
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In the phase of postorogeny extension, the ductile and later fragile zones expanded; in essence, these zones were the downthrow faults combined with horizontal dislocations.
Structural analysis within the Rozna and Olsi uranium deposits (Strazek Moldanubicum) for the estimation of deformation and stress conditions of underground gas storage
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