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faulting

[′fȯl·tiŋ]
(electricity)
fault
(geology)
The fracturing and displacement processes which produce a fault.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

faulting

The differential vertical displacement of slabs or members which are adjacent to a joint or crack.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Strike-slip faulting in a foreland-thrust belt: the Kalabagh fault and western Salt Range, Pakistan.
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