Tag:geological=fault

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Falla normal Morro Solar Peru.jpg
Description
Fracture between two moving rock-masses Edit this description in the wiki page. Edit this description in the data item.
Group: natural
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesmay be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
Status: in use

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.

See fault (geology) on Wikipedia.

See also