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upthrow

noun as in elevation

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Dikes and faults are denominated upthrow or downthrow, according to the position they are met with in working the mine.

There has also been a certain amount of upthrow owing to the hydrostatic pressure.

With dip faults the crop is carried forward (down the dip) on the upthrow side.

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

The higher side is called the heaved or upthrow side; the opposite side the thrown or downthrow side.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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