cross fault

[′krȯs ‚fȯlt]

(geology)

A fault whose strike is perpendicular to the general trend of the regional structure.

A minor fault that intersects a major fault.

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The Lapon Gold Project is cut by a series of steeply dipping cross fault structures cutting across the Walker trend, analogous to other cross fault structures responsible for many gold and base metal deposits in the world.

Walker Announces Exploration Results from the Lapon Gold Project

This study aims to interpret the limited available seismic and well data to evaluate the structural trap and the sealing affect to check the cross fault leakage through Allan Diagram.

Reservoir evaluation by methods of seismic interpretation, fault/seal analysis and petrophysics of Balkassar oil field, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan

Because all of the stopes along the 900 orebody cross fault were mined out between 3500 and 3050 level, the natural confinement that the orebody provided to the fault plane was removed.

Performance of dynamic support system in highly burst-prone ground conditions at vale's copper cliff mine: a case study: an example of how a well-designed ground support system can withstand repetitive seismic events while allowing mining to proceed safely in troublesome areas

Compilation work and geological interpretation is now underway to model the cross fault displacement and determine the potential locality of the western offset of the deposit.

Overland Resources Limited (ASX:OVR) Announce Potential Expansion of Open Pit at the Darcy Zinc Project

Where pipelines cross fault zones and a break cannot be avoided, the district is constructing a bypass system in order to circumvent a break after it happens.

Preparing for disasters: lifeline vulnerabilities in earthquake-prone areas

With increasing strain, the angle between the strike of newly developed cross faults and the shear direction diminishes.

Structural evolution of the El Salvador Fault Zone: an evolving fault system within a volcanic arc

Our employees have learned to cross faults. At one time a lot of folks didn't think we could cross the faults that we had to, but we've become pretty creative about how to do it.