FAULT, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption of the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied by a crack or fissure varying in width from a mere line to several feet, which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c., and... Annual Report on the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania - Page 89by Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. State Geologist (1836-1841) - 1838Full view - About this book
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 570 pages
...shells in Touraine, which resemble in lithological characters the ' crag' of Norfolk and Suffolk. . FAULT, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption...is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c., and such a displacement that the separated portions of the once continuous strata occupy different... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 562 pages
...crag' of Norfolk and Suffolk. FAULT, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption of tfye continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied...is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c., and such a displacement that the separated portions of the once continuous strata occupy different... | |
| Virginia Geological Survey - Geology - 1836 - 552 pages
...tides of the sea. Thus we have the estuaries of the Thames, Severn, Tay, &c. Etym. xstus, the tide. Fault, in the language of Miners, is the sudden interruption...which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c. Felspar. A simple mineral, which, next to quartz, constitutes the chief material of rocks. The white... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 500 pages
...the " crag" of Norfolk and Suffolk. FAULT, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption ot' the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied...which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c. Fig. 23. The strata a, b, c, &c., must at one time have been continuous; but a fracture having taken... | |
| John Lee Comstock - Geology - 1847 - 434 pages
...shells, in Touraine, which resemble in lithological characters the " Crag " of Norfolk and Suffolk. FAULT, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption...which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c. Lign. 80. FAUNA. The various kinds of animals peculiar to a country, constitute its FAUNA, as the various... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1847 - 866 pages
...shells in Tiniraim.', which resemble in lithological characters the " Crag " of Norfolk and Suffolk. FAULT, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption...accompanied by a crack or fissure, varying in width Fig. 97. from a mere line to several fect, which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c. The... | |
| Caroline Frances Cornwallis - Geology, Stratigraphic - 1848 - 186 pages
...strata having been worn through by the action of water, their outcropping becomes visible. FAULT. A sudden interruption of the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied by a fissure varying in width from a mere line, to several feet, which is usually filled with broken stone,... | |
| John Wells Foster, Josiah Dwight Whitney - Copper mines and mining - 1850 - 262 pages
...from the lowest portion of the mine. Feeder. — A branch falling into the main lode. Fault. — A sudden interruption of the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied by a crack or fissure of a width varying from a mere line to several feet. Flucan. — Decomposed, clayey matter, accompanying... | |
| John Wells Foster, Josiah Dwight Whitney - Copper mines and mining - 1850 - 258 pages
...Engine-shaft.—The shaft by which the water is drawn from the lowest portion of the mine. Fault.—A suddeil interruption of the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied by a crack or fissure of a width varying from a mere line to several feet. Feeder.—A branch falling into the main lode.... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1854 - 870 pages
...in lithological characters the " Crag" of Norfolk and Suffolk. FAULT, in the language of miners, ia the sudden interruption of the continuity of strata...varying in width from a mere line to several feet, f!- ". which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c. The st™ta, a, b, e, &c., must at one... | |
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