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fault In geology, a fracture in the Earth's crust along which movement occurs. The result of
plate tectonics, faults are classified according to the type of movement. Vertical movements in the crust cause normal and reverse faults, while horizontal movements result in tear faults. Faults can occur in groups creating horsts, block mountains, grabens, or rift valleys.
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Fault resistances in medium voltage distribution networks.(Technical report)
Magazine article from: Annals of DAAAM & Proceedings; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the most common faults in electricity distribution...networks. Earth fault current magnitude...reclosing). Permanent faults require utility...action and repair. Fault resistance of a...with bolted earth faults, but with fault with approximately...
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Fault tolerance reaches low-cost platforms. (buyers guide)
Magazine article from: EDN; 8/1/1988; ; 700+ words
; Fault tolerance reaches low-cost...exclusively on hardware for its fault-tolerant features, says John...isolate, and recover from faults. Hardware redundancy Because...programmer needn't consider fault tolerance when writing software...
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Neotectonic fault activity in Hong Kong: Evidence from seismic events and thermoluminescence dating of fault gouge
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 11/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...collected from both fault gouge, and alluvial...sediments that overlie faults or whose distribution...to the offshore, fault-bounded, Tertiary...Roberts 1988). Faults in Hong Kong Hong...of the Lianhuashan Fault Zone (Fig. 1). Three main sets of faults are recognized in...
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Redundancy in fault-tolerant systems.
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME; 5/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...result in a control system fault. Some faults can be traced back to...design to deal with these faults. The first technique, fault avoidance, is the prevention...testing. By itself, fault avoidance is not enough; faults will still occur and...
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Fault-zone weakening processes along the reactivated Outer Hebrides Fault Zone, Scotland
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Most studies have focused on fault zones developed in the upper...effects, localized along major fault strands, have been attributed...explain why many continental faults and shear zones are reactivated...phase changes that occur during fault rock evolution, i.e. reaction...
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Active Faults in Poland: An Overview
Magazine article from: Geolines; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...strike-slip, and thrust faults in the Carpathians (Ruzbachy fault, Bialka Tarzanska valley, faults cutting the middle part of the...Fault (SW Poland) or Janowice fault (Lublin Upland). Isolated faults in Central Poland have shown...
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Fault zone weakening and character of slip along low-angle normal faults: insights from the Zuccale fault, Elba, Italy
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...sealing capacity of the fault zone. A slip model for low-angle normal faults in the Apennines is...of low-angle normal faults in many tectonic settings. Keywords: Zuccale fault, Northern Apennines, normal faults, earthquakes, rheology...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Newly-discovered fault line threatens Pittsburg, Calif.-area property owners.
Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 11/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...Andreas or Hayward faults, but a long-silent fault of their own could...other well-known faults and found something...unexpected: evidence of a fault running toward Pittsburg...between the known big faults to hide a six-mile-long fault -- the minimum length...
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DSM fault models: a combination of bridging, transition, and path-delay fault models helps manufacturers achieve optimal test coverage.(deep-submicron)
Magazine article from: Test & Measurement World; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Finding bridging faults Today, two approaches to bridging-fault detection are in...faults and bridging faults. A high-coverage bridging fault test set will also...coverage of stuck-at faults. The second type of deterministic fault model is the transition...
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Fault under Los Angeles poses danger.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 4/4/2003; 700+ words
; ...one of the biggest faults in L.A. It's...terrible location for a fault." Investigators...the history of a fault you can't look...looking at other buried faults. Scientifically...might possess buried faults under populated areas...scientists to have buried fault issues. The 1987...
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Fault
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
...fault plane is called the fault's dip. Faults are classified according...continuous movement is known as fault creep. Some faults creep from 0.5 inch (1...The compass direction of a fault line. Normal faults usually occur in elevated...
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faults and faulting
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
faults and faulting A fault is a fracture, or a zone...hazards. Classification of faults Two main categories of fault geometry are recognized...parallel to the dip of the fault, whereas strike-slip faults have a near-horizontal...
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Faults and Fractures
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...in brittle rocks. Faults may constitute a...oblique shear planes, fault breccia or gouge...Normal or extensional faults are inclined structures...which rocks above the fault plane (i.e. in...rocks beneath the fault plane (i.e. in the footwall). Such faults were called normal...
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fault scarp
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...shallow dipping faults and does not commonly produce a true fault scarp, because...active and inactive faults are often marked by a fault-line valley...along the fault. Fault scarps are generally visible only on faults that have been...
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fault
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...faults are found either at the surface (fault surface) or underground (fault plane). Faults are most evident in outcrops of sedimentary...footwall is stationary is called a normal fault. Normal faults are formed by tensional, or pull-apart...
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