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

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

He believed also that the present coast-line of China has to a large extent been determined by similar faults with their downthrow on the east.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

A thrust fault with a hade of 30 degrees, showing cliffs due to harder strata outcropping on the downthrow.

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