10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWNTHROW»
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1
Geological Maps and Sections for Civil Engineers
To arrive at some estimate of the downthrow direction on a dip-slip fault, there are
several methods to follow. Firstly, the younger beds outcrop on the downthrow
side. Another method is to look down the map in the direction of dip. The bed ...
2
Geological Structures and Maps: A Practical Guide
Vertical faults have a throw but no heave. Based on the sense of dip separation
on a fault, the block within which the beds show an apparent downward offset is
referred to as the downthrow side of the fault. The downthrow side of a fault can ...
3
United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
46) its position is represented by a shear zone, and the downthrow is to the west.
The attitude of the fault plane was not determined. On the whole it is probable
that the fault belongs wholly to an older period of diastrophism, and that there has
...
Some cause a downthrow to the south, others a downthrow to the north. The
southernmost and greatest, which may appropriately be called the Pittsburgh
fault. The downthrow on this fracture can not be less than 500 feet to the north.
Bert Sylvenus Butler, Gerald Francis Loughlin, Victor Conrad Heikes, 1920
The fault plane dips 75° E., and the downthrow, which is on the east side, is 10
feet or more. A normal fault, which was traced in a northeastward direction for a
distance of 1 mile, occurs 2£ miles southeast of Piute Farms. It cuts the Coconino
...
6
The Southern Alaska Range
An irregular fault with a northwesterly strike and downthrow to the north extends
about 6 miles northwestward from a point half a mile south of the junction of the
two faults described above. The eastern 4 miles of this fault forms the southern ...
7
Contributions to Economic Geology (short Papers and ...
The fault plane dips 75° E., and the downthrow, which is on the east side, is 10
feet or more. A normal fault, which was traced in a northeastward direction for a
distance of 1 mile, occurs 2J miles southeast of Piute Farms. It cuts the Coconino
...
Frederick Leslie Ransome, 1923
8
The Wasatch Plateau Coal Field, Utah
A downthrow of more than 100 feet has taken place on the south side at a locality
1 mile northeast of Columbus, but near the ends of the fault the downthrow is on
the north side of the plane. The character of the warping of the strata near the ...
Edmund Maute Spieker, 1931
9
Professional paper - United States Geological Survey
... Eagle, which is in the fault zone. The Climax mine is situated | near a fault
which is parallel to the main one, and which, like it, § has a downthrow on the
south side. The continuation of the 3 fault to the southeast bevond Buffalo Fork
could not ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1904
10
The Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California
A fault zone which is at least 1 mile in width and which has a general northwest
direction crosses the channel at La Porte, the total downthrow on the northeast
side being probably 520 feet. The presence of faulting was recognized by both ...
Waldemar Lindgren, Frank Hall Knowlton, 1911
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOWNTHROW»
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downthrow is used in the context of the following news items.
Little Mac is Smash Bros.' Biggest Loser
Good Mac players also have an understanding of possible combos, and may do things like downthrow into up B, or down-tilt into KO punch. «Kotaku, Nov 14»
Digging into our mountain's geology
This means that the fault caused a downthrow of 100m to the south of a block from Smitswinkel Bay to Cape Point. The inhabitants benefit from ... «Independent Online, Jun 11»
