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Meaning of "fault plane" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FAULT PLANE

fault plane  [fɔːlt pleɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAULT PLANE

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Fault plane is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FAULT PLANE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fault plane

Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement along the fractures as a result of earth movement. Large faults within the Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic forces, with the largest forming the boundaries between the plates, such as subduction zones or transform faults. Energy release associated with rapid movement on active faults is the cause of most earthquakes. A fault line is the surface trace of a fault, the line of intersection between the fault plane and the Earth's surface. Since faults do not usually consist of a single, clean fracture, geologists use the term fault zone when referring to the zone of complex deformation associated with the fault plane. The two sides of a non-vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall. By definition, the hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below the fault. This terminology comes from mining: when working a tabular ore body, the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall hanging above him.

Definition of fault plane in the English dictionary

The definition of fault plane in the dictionary is the plane along which a fault line occurs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FAULT PLANE


aeroplane
ˈɛərəˌpleɪn
airplane
ˈɛəˌpleɪn
aquaplane
ˈækwəˌpleɪn
biplane
ˈbaɪˌpleɪn
Champlain
ʃæmˈpleɪn
complain
kəmˈpleɪn
explain
ɪkˈspleɪn
gyroplane
ˈdʒaɪrəˌpleɪn
hydroplane
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌpleɪn
hyperplane
ˈhaɪpəˌpleɪn
lain
leɪn
Laine
leɪn
lane
leɪn
monoplane
ˈmɒnəʊˌpleɪn
plain
pleɪn
plane
pleɪn
sailplane
ˈseɪlˌpleɪn
seaplane
ˈsiːˌpleɪn
triplane
ˈtraɪˌpleɪn
warplane
ˈwɔːˌpleɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAULT PLANE

faugh
fauld
Faulkner
Faulknerian
fault
fault line
fault tree
fault-find
fault-finder
fault-finding
fault-tolerant
faultful
faultier
faultiest
faultily
faultiness
faultless
faultlessly
faultlessness
faulty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAULT PLANE

astral plane
block plane
cargo plane
charter plane
deplane
fighter plane
float plane
focal plane
freight plane
galactic plane
inclined plane
jack plane
jet plane
London plane
memory lane
model plane
multiplane
rocket plane
space plane
spy plane
tailplane

Synonyms and antonyms of fault plane in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fault plane» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAULT PLANE

Find out the translation of fault plane to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fault plane from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fault plane» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

故障机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

criticar avión
570 millions of speakers

English

fault plane
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विमान गलती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خطأ الطائرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обвинить самолет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falha avião
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফল্ট সমতল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la faute plan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Satah kesalahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Störungsfläche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

飛行機故障
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비행기 고장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plane fault
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lỗi máy bay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறு விமானம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॉल्ट प्लॅन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fay düzlemi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guasto aereo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fault plane
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звинуватити літак
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vina avion
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σφάλμα αεροπλάνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fout vliegtuig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fel plan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forkastningen
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAULT PLANE»

The term «fault plane» is normally little used and occupies the 116.655 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAULT PLANE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAULT PLANE»

Discover the use of fault plane in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fault plane and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rock Stress and Its Measurement
2.14.2 STRESS ORIENTATION FROM FAULT- PLANE SOLUTIONS By careful study of earthquake waves recorded by seismographs, it is possible to tell the direction of motion of the fault that caused an earthquake. The information that is  ...
B. Amadei, O. Stephansson, 1997
2
Fundamentals of Geophysics
For a perfectly homogeneous material this is the plane that contains the intermediate principal stress axis s2 (or s2). The fault-plane is oriented at 45 to the axes of maximum and minimum compressional stress, i.e., it bisects the angle between ...
William Lowrie, 2007
3
Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2000
coal from faulted seams were analysed. Samples were taken in a distance of 0; 0.2; 0.4; 0.6; 0.8; 1.0; 2.0; 5.0; 8.0 and 10 m from a fault plane. An elementary chemical analysis was carried out for collected samples. Contents of C, H, O, N and S ...
T.N. Michalakopoulos, G.N. Panagiotou, 2000
4
The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics
A fault-plane solution for a strike-slip earthquake. The strike and dip of the nodal planes are given by <t> and S. The east-striking nodal plane was chosen as the fault plane because the earthquake epicentre lies on an east-striking transform ...
C. M. R. Fowler, 2005
5
Extensional Tectonics
Fault dips from fault-plane solutions It is well known that either of the two nodal planes in a first-motion fault-plane solution for an earthquake could be the actual fault plane. For this reason, in the histogram of Fig. 3(a) both nodal planes are ...
Robert E. Holdsworth, Johnathan P. Turner, Geological Society of London, 2002
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Geodynamics of the Lithosphere: An Introduction
5.11a shows the fault plane solution for the seismic event in the threedimensional cartoon in Fig. 5.10b. Note that the solution has two alternative interpretations. Firstly, Fig. 5.11a may be interpreted as a normal fault with a steep eastwards dip.
Kurt Stüwe, 2007
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Title
COMPILATION OF EARTHQUAKE FAULT PLANE SOLUTIONS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND ARCTIC OCEANS Pall Einarsson Science Institute, University of Iceland, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland Fig. 3. Epicenters and fault plane solutions in the  ...
Author
8
Mining and Scientific Press
(on the fault plane) of the two portions of either stratum coincide, and (2) they are parallel to the fault movement. Construction—Construct parallelogram abcd, ac is the one line common to both strata, and point c is 100 ft. below point a. Lay off ...
9
Graphical solution of fault problems
The projections of the intersections of the inclined fault plane with the faulted strata are At, A't' , and Bt. tt' is the projection of the total displacement. To revolve the fault plane into the horizontal reference surface construct the dip triangle abc.
Cyrus Fisher Tolman, 1911
10
The Mining Catalog
Given a fault plane, a pole, and angular displacement of p about the pole, and the dip and strike of two strata on one side of the fault plane. To find the outcrop and strike of the same on the other side of the fault plane, after both sides have ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAULT PLANE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fault plane is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Timing of water plume eruptions on Enceladus explained by interior …
The normal to each segment is computed assuming that the fault plane is perpendicular to the surface. Following the approach of refs 6, 7, the normal ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Damaging earthquakes not likely in Madison County quake zone
"It would have to be very long, many miles, and very deep of the fault plane that ruptures for any type of larger magnitude." Bograd says an ... «Mississippi News Now, Jun 15»
3
Shockwaves under
The plane along which failure occurs is called a fault plane and the point where the failure is initiated is called the focus. There is a sudden ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
4
Rock Walk: Times columnist unlocks Quarry Park secrets
... xenoliths — possibly even a fault plane — starting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Quarry Park & Nature Preserve, 1802 Stearns County Road 137, ... «St. Cloud Times, Jun 15»
5
Free, geologist-led walk reveals Quarry Park secrets
... xenoliths — possibly even a fault plane — starting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Quarry Park & Nature Preserve, 1802 Stearns County Road 137, ... «St. Cloud Times, Jun 15»
6
Times columnist to lead Quarry Park geology walk
... joints and fractures, glacial polish, xenoliths — possibly even a fault plane — starting at 6:30 p.m. June 4 at Quarry Park & Nature Preserve, ... «St. Cloud Times, May 15»
7
How An Earthquake Happens: Kent Records 4.2 Magnitude Tremors …
When stresses in the crust exceed the strength of the rock, it breaks along lines of weakness, either a pre-existing or new fault plane. «Huffington Post UK, May 15»
8
Get Out: Explore Quarry Park geology with an expert
... joints and fractures, glacial polish, xenoliths — possibly even a fault plane — starting at 6:30 p.m. June 4 at Quarry Park & Nature Preserve, ... «St. Cloud Times, May 15»
9
Taking a comprehensive view of quakes
The source of the quake was shallow and the fault plane extended right up to densely populated Kathmandu. Added to this, Kathmandu is on a ... «The Hindu, May 15»
10
Look closely at granite to discover 'stranger stones'
... exploration of the granites, quarries, dikes, joints and fractures, glacial polish, xenoliths — possibly even a fault plane — starting at 6:30 p.m. «St. Cloud Times, May 15»

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