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thrust fault

a type of reverse fault that has a dip of 45 degrees or less
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thrust fault

Summary

thrust fault ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (955 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • thrust fault is a type of reverse fault[2].
  • thrust fault's Commons category is recorded as Thrust faults[3].
  • thrust fault's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thrust faults[4].
  • thrust fault's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[5].
  • thrust fault's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfault/Thrust_Fault[6].
  • thrust fault's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7].

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Definition and Type

thrust fault is a type of reverse fault[2].

Why It Matters

thrust fault ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (955 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Quora topic id → Thrust-Fault
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3417]]: Thrust-Fault"
  2. 19d ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfault/Thrust_Fault
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfault/Thrust_Fault"
  3. 16w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → reverse fault
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536582605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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