UPTHROW


Meaning of UPTHROW in English

I. | ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb

Etymology: up (I) + throw

: to throw upward : cast up

II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1.

a. : an upward displacement (as of a stratum or a seam in a mine)

b. : the body of rock on the side of a fault that has moved or appears to have moved upward during the faulting in relation to that on the other side of the fault

c. : an upheaval of the earth's crust

2. : the amount of upward displacement in a fault — compare throw

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