What is the displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations called?
dislocation — (Geol.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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