fault rock

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fault rock [′fȯlt ‚räk]

(geology)

A rock often found along a fault plane and made up of fragments formed by the crushing and grinding which accompany a dislocation.

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No references found			They are not easy to identify, requiring evidence that the fault rock has passed through a melt phase. Rocks formed during quakes may be more abundant than previously ... by Asian News International One possibility is that fluids trapped in the pores of fault rocks and clays are exerting a strong pressure, jacking the rocks apart and nearly nullifying the frictional stresses. Getting to the bottom of the San Andreas by Weisburd, Stefi / Science News The expected gold mineralization will be associated with breccia zones where the fault rock has been intensely sheared, altered and replaced with intense hematite and magnetite, chloritization, silicification and copper oxides related to the fault. Hunt Gold Corporation - Exploration Update by Business Wire			Faulk County Faulk, John Henry Faulkner Faulkner County Faulkner, Brian Faulkner, William Fault fault analysis fault basin fault block fault breccia fault cliff fault current fault detection fault detection and exclusion fault electrode current fault escarpment fault finder fault isolation fault ledge fault line fault management fault masking fault monitoring fault plane fault rock fault scarp fault separation fault strike fault system fault terrace fault throw fault tolerance fault tolerant fault trace fault trap fault tree fault tree analysis fault vein fault wall fault zone fault-based testing fault-block mountain fault-finding fault-line scarp Fault-tolerant systems fault-trough lake faulting Faulty Condition faun Fauna			Fault Logic Diagram Fault management Fault management Fault Management Building Block Fault Management Platform Fault Management Resource Identifier Fault Management System Fault Management Table Fault Manager Diagnostic fault masking fault monitoring Fault Monitoring/Fault Isolation fault of the court Fault Passage Indicator fault plane fault plane Fault Plane Solution Fault Prone Fault Propagation Simulator Fault Protection Subsystem Fault Repair Signal Fault Report Fault Reporting Manual fault resilient Fault Resilient Boot Fault Ride-Through fault rock Fault Sample Selection List Fault scarp fault separation Fault Servicing Point Fault Status Long Word Fault Status Symbol fault strike Fault Summary Message fault system fault terrace Fault Threshold Rate fault throw Fault Tolerance Fault Tolerance and Performance Evaluator Fault tolerant Fault tolerant Fault tolerant Fault tolerant Fault Tolerant Application Manager Fault Tolerant Array Network Fault Tolerant Array Processor Fault Tolerant Broadcasting Fault Tolerant Cash Safety Stop Fault Tolerant Communication Fault Tolerant Computer System Fault Tolerant Computing Fault Tolerant Computing Symposium

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