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[[Image:Blind_thrust_fault.gif|thumb|300px]]A thrust [[fault]] that does not rupture all the way up to the surface so there is no evidence of it on the ground. It is "buried" under the uppermost layers of rock in the crust.<ref>USGS</ref>
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[[Image:Blind_thrust_fault.gif|thumb|300px]]A thrust [[fault]] that does not rupture all the way up to the surface so there is no evidence of it on the ground. It is "buried" under the uppermost layers of rock in the crust.<ref>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/glossary.php?term=blind%20thrust%20fault</ref>
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==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 19:44, October 8, 2007

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A thrust fault that does not rupture all the way up to the surface so there is no evidence of it on the ground. It is "buried" under the uppermost layers of rock in the crust.[1]


References

  1. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/glossary.php?term=blind%20thrust%20fault