faulting
noun
1. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- they built it right over a geological fault
- he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
Similar word(s): break, fault, fracture, shift
Definition categories: object, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure
verb
1. present participle of fault