 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 570 pages
...crag' of Norfolk and Suffolk. . FAULT, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption of the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied...occupy different levels. No. 92. The strata a, b, c, &c., must at one time have been continuous, but a fracture having taken place at the fault F, either... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1835 - 420 pages
...crag " of Norfolk and Suffolk. FAULT, in the language of Miners, is the sudden interruption of the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied...which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c. No. 146. The Strata ", *' «sis~3?^ c? &c-, must at one time have been continuous; but afracture having... | |
 | Virginia Geological Survey - Geology - 1836 - 552 pages
...Tay, &c. Etym. xstus, the tide. Fault, in the language of Miners, is the sudden interruption of the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied...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... | |
 | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania - Geology - 1836 - 686 pages
...abound in the lower secondary rocks. Fault, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption of the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied...several feet, which is generally filled with broken stones, clay, &c. Ferruginous Anything containing iron. Etym. Ferrum, iron. Formation. A group, whether... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Geology - 1847 - 434 pages
...Crag " of Norfolk and Suffolk. FAULT, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption of the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied...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... | |
 | Caroline Frances Cornwallis - Geology, Stratigraphic - 1848 - 186 pages
...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, clay, &c. FELSPAR. The most common ingredient in modern and ancient... | |
 | John Wells Foster, Josiah Dwight Whitney - Copper mines and mining - 1850 - 262 pages
...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... | |
 | Missouri. State geologist, George Clinton Swallow - Geology - 1855 - 496 pages
...rural deities, in Roman Mythology. Fault, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption of the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied...which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, etc. Felspar. A simple mineral, which, next to quartz, constitutes the chief material of rocks. Felspathie.... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1869 - 862 pages
...1Я~)3, (Glossary) p. 80."). " Fault, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption of the continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied...varying in width from a mere line to several feet." It is clear that the signification of the term " fault," as applied to the moon, cannot bo of precisely... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1869 - 858 pages
...edition, 185У, (Glossary) p. 805. " 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 mero line to several feet." It is clear that the signification of the term " fault," as applied to... | |
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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... 
