subfault

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English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ fault.

Noun

subfault (plural subfaults)

  1. A subsidiary fault
    • 2016, Randall J. LeVeque, Knut Waagan, Frank I. González, Donsub Rim, Guang Lin, “Generating Random Earthquake Events for PTHA”, in arXiv:
      We present an approach to defining a probability distribution based on subdividing the fault geometry into many subfaults and prescribing a desired covariance matrix relating slip on one subfault to slip on any other subfault.