Dictionary - Definition of DOWNTHROW


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Downthrow" is a common misspelling or typo for: downthrown, downthrows, down throw.

Date "Downthrow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Specialty Definition: DOWNTHROW

Domain	Definition
Mining	A. The downthrown side of a fault b. The amount of downward vertical displacement of a fault. CF:upthrow;heave. (references)
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Expressions	Domain	Definition
Downthrow fault	Mining	A fault that displaces the strata downward relative to the workings approaching it. It would be an upthrow fault to workings on the opposite side. (references)
Downthrow side	Mining	The lower side of a fault. (references)
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "DOWNTHROW" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Domain	Definition
Mining	A. The downthrown side of a fault b. The amount of downward vertical displacement of a fault. CF:upthrow;heave. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Downthrow fault	Mining	A fault that displaces the strata downward relative to the workings approaching it. It would be an upthrow fault to workings on the opposite side. (references)
Downthrow side	Mining	The lower side of a fault. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top