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Faulting Definition & Meaning

faulting
noun
  1. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

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  • "consequencws 20of 20faulting"
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What does faulting mean?
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
What part of speech is faulting?
Faulting is a noun.

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