Translation of "fault plane" into French

plan de faille is the translation of "fault plane" into French.

fault plane noun grammar

(geology) The plane, or surface formed between the two rock blocks that slip one with the other during an earthquake. The edge of the fault plane can often be seen on the land as a fault line. [..]

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  • plan de faille

    noun masculine

    geology: surface between rock blocks

    The fault plane also represents a location of significant differential vertical subsidence.

    Le plan de faille constitue aussi un lieu de subsidence différentielle verticale significative.

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Phrases similar to "fault plane" with translations into French

  • Benioff fault plane
    plan de Benioff · plan de Bénioff · plan de Wadati-Benioff · plan sismique de Bénioff · surface de Bénioff · zone de Benioff · zone de Bénioff · zone de Wadati-Benioff · zone de Wadati-Bénioff · zone sismique de Benioff · zone sismique de Bénioff
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    inclinaison d'une faille · inclinaison de faille
  • bedding-plane fault
    faille dans le plan des couches · faille de stratification · faille litage · faille parallèle au plan de litage · faille parallèle au plan de stratification · faille parallèle à la stratification
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