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Extension (GFY_5)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: gfy_5.ttl
- Name
extension- Attribute
- GFY Geologic Fault Type
- Definition
- A fault that vertically thins and horizontally extends portions of the Earth's crust and/or lithosphere.
- Description
- In most cases such a fault is also a normal fault, but may be rotated to have a shallower geometry normally associated with a thrust fault.
- Accepted
- 2016-06-08
- Defined by
- NFDD
- Allowed for
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.