Usually means: Tension pulls crust, blocks drop.
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  1. normal fault: Merriam-Webster
  2. normal fault: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. normal fault: Vocabulary.com
  4. normal fault: Wiktionary
  5. normal fault: Dictionary.com
  6. Normal fault: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. normal fault: Rhymezone
  8. normal fault: FreeDictionary.org
  9. normal fault: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. normal fault: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. normal fault: Encyclopedia

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  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (normal fault)

noun:  (geology) A type of fault in which the footwall moves up relative to the hanging wall.

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