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antithetic shear
A fault that dips in the opposite direction from the direction in which the associated sediments dip. Opposite of synthetic fault.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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