upthrow

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In Figure 184 the right side has gone down relatively to the left; the right is the side of the downthrow, while the left is the side of the upthrow.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

The upthrow is uniformly on the eastern side of the fault.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles

The other side of the semicircle was occupied by the upthrow of a low rise blocking off an horizon at its nearest point but a few hundred yards away.

From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward

Thrust faults hade to the upthrow; the hanging wall has gone up.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

The pool is simply due to the reversal of the natural slope of the river-bed, caused by the formation of a roll or undulation in the ground on the upthrow side of the fault.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles