Passer au contenu principal

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Choisissez le vocabulaire dans lequel chercher

aligner
annoter
télécharger

Concept information

... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > physical geography > geomorphology > faulting
... > other subjects > natural sciences > Earth science > physical geography > geomorphology > faulting

Terme préférentiel

faulting  

Définition

  • Faulting occurs when Earth's crust ruptures as a consequence of accumulated stress; it is the most common cause of earthquakes. Along with folds, faults are the most obvious results of deformation within the crust and constitute the field of structural geology. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Faulting]

Concept générique

Appartient au groupe

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T2L4MD09-8

Télécharger ce concept :

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD