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makvit [3.9K]
4 years ago
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What is the meaning of faulting in geography

Geography
2 answers:
Mazyrski [523]4 years ago
5 0
A crack in the earths crust resulting in the displacement of one side with respect to the other.
zheka24 [161]4 years ago
3 0
 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 movement. 
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