upthrow
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Thrust faults hade to the upthrow; the hanging wall has gone up.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
There has also been a certain amount of upthrow owing to the hydrostatic pressure.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
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 William Harmon Norton
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 Stewart Edward White
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 Charles Davison
Then, the vast volcano burst; rent the whole mass; upthrew the ancient rocks; which now in divers mountain tops tell tales of what existed ere Mardi was completely fashioned.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
Then, quick The sash upthrowing, she made as if to speak Harshly; but still he held his quiet eyes Upon her.
From Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems by George Parsons Lathrop
This a modern example of a Gilbert-type delta, which is a delta composed primarily of coarse material actively eroded from the mountainous upthrown block to the north.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Silhouetted against the level sunlight, heaving forward with arms upthrown, waist deep in the main current, they were more than half-way across.
From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
A fault of recent date may be marked at surface by a scarp, because the face of the upthrown block has not yet been worn to the level of the downthrow side.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
Liot quickly raised himself, but he had barely time to distinguish the white horror of his enemy’s face and the despair of his upthrown arms.
From Prisoners of Conscience by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Cleek leaned down and lifted her head in his uninjured arm; and looked down into her upthrown ghastly face.
From The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel by Mary E. Hanshew
