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fault gouge

fault gouge noun: accumulated crushed rock debris which is the product of the movement of the rocks on each side of a fault.

Noun

fault gouge (countable and uncountable, plural fault gouges)

  1. Accumulated crushed rock debris which is the product of the movement of the rocks on each side of a fault.

Forms of fault gouge

pluralfault gouges

Questions about fault gouge

What does fault gouge mean?
Fault gouge means accumulated crushed rock debris which is the product of the movement of the rocks on each side of a fault.
What part of speech is fault gouge?
Fault gouge is a noun.
What is the plural of fault gouge?
The plural of fault gouge is fault gouges.

Words near fault gouge in the dictionary

  1. Faulstich
  2. Faulstichs
  3. fault
  4. fault current
  5. fault currents
  6. fault gouge
  7. fault gouges
  8. fault injection
  9. fault line
  10. fault lines
  11. fault plane

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