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v. Present participle of fault.

n. The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.

n. In geology, the act or process of producing faults or dislocation of strata.

n. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

"When a number of well-defined strata cleave vertically, and one end of the series sags below the other, or lifts above it, the process which geologists call faulting, the scenic effect is varied and striking; sometimes, as in"

scissure    crack    crevice    fissure    cleft   

block-faulting   

san andreas fault    denali fault    inclined fault    strike-slip fault   

fault   

assaulting    defaulting    exalting    halting    malting