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

Similar:
normal fault, thrust fault, hanging wall, transform fault, active fault, vergence, upfault, fault trace, transform, fault line, more...

Opposite:
normal fault, dip-slip fault

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Similar:
normal fault, thrust fault, hanging wall, transform fault, active fault, vergence, upfault, fault trace, transform, fault line, more...

Opposite:
normal fault, dip-slip fault



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