Fault block
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fault-block-287-654688
title:
Fault block
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Fault blocks are very large blocks of rock, sometimes hundreds of kilometres in extent, created by tectonic and localized stresses in Earth's crust. Large areas of bedrock are broken up into blocks by faults. Blocks are characterized by relatively uniform lithology. The largest of these fault blocks are called crustal blocks. Large crustal blocks broken off from tectonic plates are called terranes. Those terranes which are the full thickness of the lithosphere are called microplates. Continent-s
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Large blocks of rock created by tectonic and localized stresses in Earth's crust
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_block
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2024-04-22T07:34:08Z
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