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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, which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c., and... "
Annual Report on the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania - Page 89
by Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. State Geologist (1836-1841) - 1838
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First [-fifth] Report of Progress of the Geological Survey of Missouri, Volume 1

Missouri. State geologist, George Clinton Swallow - Geology - 1855 - 496 pages
...plants constitute its Flora. The term is derived from the Fauni, or rural deities, in Roman Mythology. Fault, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption...which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, etc. Felspar. A simple mineral, which, next to quartz, constitutes the chief material of rocks. Felspathie....
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Principles of Geology; Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ...

Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1865 - 880 pages
...in shells in Touraine, which resemble in lithological characters the " Crag" of Norfolk and Suffolk. FAULT, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption...by a crack or fissure, varying in width from a mere lino to several feet, Fig. 99. which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c. The strata, a,...
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Principles of Geology; Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ..., Volume 2

Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1868 - 876 pages
...lithologicol characters the " Crag" of Norfolk and Suffolk. FAULT, in the language of miners, is tl;o sudden interruption of the continuity of strata in...varying in width from a mere line to several feet, F|e- *»• which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, Ac. The strata, a, 6, f, &••., tm.Jt...
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Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the ..., Volume 38

British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1869 - 862 pages
...used in geological language, ' Principles of Geology.' ninth edition. 1Я~)3, (Glossary) p. 80."). " Fault, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption...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...
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Report of the Annual Meeting

British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1869 - 858 pages
...as used in geological language, ' Principles of Geology,' ninth edition, 185У, (Glossary) p. 805. " Fault, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption...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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The medical vocabulary

Robert Fowler - 1875 - 586 pages
...a shell which may be seen by looking In at the aperture. Faucette Voice. V. Falsetto. Fault. Geol. The sudden interruption of the continuity of strata...several feet, which is generally filled with broken stones, clay, &c. Fauna. (L. Fauni, gods of the fields). Л word signifying all the animals peculiar...
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A Reprint of Annual Reports and Other Papers on the Geology of the Virginias

William Barton Rogers - Geology - 1884 - 880 pages
...both by rivers and the tides of the sea. Thus we have the Estuaries of the Thames, Severn, Tay, &c. Fault, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption...which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c. Feltpar. — A simple mineral, which, next to Quartz, constitutes the chief material of rocks. The...
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A Reprint of Annual Reports and Other Papers on the Geology of the Virginias

William Barton Rogers - Geology - 1884 - 880 pages
...both by rivers and the tides of the sea. Thus we have the Estuaries of the Thames, Severn, Tay, &c. Fault, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption...by a crack or fissure varying in width from a mere lino to several feet, which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, «fee. Felspar. — Л simple...
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A Reprint of Annual Reports and Other Papers on the Geology of the Virginias

William Barton Rogers - Geology - 1884 - 878 pages
...both by rivers and tho tides of the sea. Thus we have the Estuaries of the Thames, Severn, Tay, &c. fault, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption...accompanied by a crack or fissure varying in width from a raere line to several feet, which is generally filled with broken stone, clay, &c. 740 chief material...
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A Reprint of Annual Reports and Other Papers on the Geology of the Virginias

William Barton Rogers - Geology - 1884 - 878 pages
...both by river» and the tides of the sea. Thus we have the Estuaries of the Thames, Severn, Tay, &c. Fault, in the language of miners, is the sudden interruption...continuity of strata in the same plane, accompanied by a erack or fissure varying in width from a mere line to several feet, which is generally filled with...
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