In a particularly dramatic example, a thrust fault pushed crustal materials (arrows) up the side of the farside impact crater named Gregory (2.1°N, 128.1°E).

“An exciting implication of our study is that seismic shaking, caused by moonquakes generated by movement on young faults ...

"First Complete Image Created Of Himalayan Fault, Subduction Zone." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 14 September 2009. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 09 / 090911164435.htm>.

This prominent thrust fault on the moon is one of thousands discovered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). (Image credit: LROC NAC frame M190844037LR; NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University ...

Space news and reference site.The thin grey zone that extends from the upper left to the lower right of the image delineates the fault plane. This fault was originally a thrust, or compressional ...

The Foothill Thrust Belt faults are deep under Silicon Valley, and researchers at Stanford found they’re capable of generating a magnitude 6.9 earthquake every 250 to 300 years.

Millions of people are directly on top of the Puente Hills Thrust Fault where this week’s earthquake fell. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13, 2024.

This prominent thrust fault is one of thousands discovered on the moon by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). These faults resemble small stair-shaped cliffs, or scarps, when seen from the ...