downthrow
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I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval .
From Time Magazine Archive
Normal faults, of which Figure 184 is an example, hade to the downthrow; the hanging wall has gone down.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
The escarpments, however, are due in a large degree to the erosion of weaker rock on the downthrow side.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
When the breath of creation first fashion'd fair France, Did the Spirit of Ill, in his downthrow appalling, Bruise the world, and thus hollow thy basin while falling?
From Lucile by Meredith, Owen
A normal fault with a hade of 50 degrees, the original fault scarp worn away, showing cliffs caused by harder strata on the downthrow side.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
