blind thrust fault

Diagram of blind thrust fault.
Image credit: Stephen Nelson, Tulane University)

A thrust fault that does not rupture all the way up to the surface so there is no evidence of it on the ground. It is "buried" under the uppermost layers of rock in the crust.

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• GEOLOGY AND PLANETARY SCIENCE

Source: U.S. Geological Survey

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