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
The upthrow is uniformly on the eastern side of the fault.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison
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 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
Upon which gallant speech the entire air became darkened by clouds of upthrown hats and shouts of "Bravo, Bindabun!"
From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee
With respect to the age at which the several parallel ridges composing the Cordillera were upthrown, I have little evidence.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
Again, subsequently to the upheavement of the Cumbre chain, that of Uspallata was formed and elevated; and afterwards, I may add, in the plain of Uspallata, beds of sand and gravel were violently upthrown.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
Next came a booming crash and a flood of upthrown water, in the wash of which that speaker was carried away into the deep.
From When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot by Henry Rider Haggard
