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fault plane [′fȯlt ‚plān] (geology) A planar fault surface. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ``This earthquake probably broke a fault plane a couple of hundred yards in diameter,'' Dolan said. The recalculated surveying data, along with other evidence, suggest the 1906 event occurred on a vertical fault plane. Overpressure and poor quality reservoirs encountered in Anemone-1A are now interpreted as being likely to result from drilling into the fault plane. |
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