- Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A fault on which the displacement is such that the side opposite the observer appears displaced to the right. Compare: left-lateral fault.
Industry:Mining
A fault on which the displacement is such that the side opposite the observer appears displaced to the right. Compare: left-lateral fault.
Industry:Mining
A fault on which the hanging wall appears to have moved upward relative to the footwall. The dip of the fault is usually greater than 45 degrees . There is dip separation but there may or may not be dip slip. Compare: normal fault.
Industry:Mining
A fault on which the movement is parallel to the dip of the fault. Compare: strike-slip fault.
Industry:Mining
A fault on which the movement of one side hinges about an axis perpendicular to the fault plane; displacement increases with distance from the hinge. It is a questionable term. Compare: scissor fault; rotational fault.
Industry:Mining
A fault on which the net slip is trace slip, or slip parallel to the trace of the bedding or other index plane.
Industry:Mining
A fault scarplet or small fault scarp entirely in piedmont alluvium or in an alluvial fan.
Industry:Mining
A fault that dips in the opposite direction from the direction in which the associated sediments dip. Opposite of synthetic fault.
Industry:Mining
A fault that dips in the opposite direction from the direction in which the associated sediments dip. Opposite of synthetic fault.
Industry:Mining
