Related Words for footwall

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volcanics
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Noun
unconformity
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Noun
orogen
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Noun
terrane
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Noun
orogenic
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Noun
schists
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Noun
anticline
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Noun
ophiolite
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Noun
breccia
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Noun
outcrop
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Noun
ultramafic
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Noun
gneisses
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Noun
porphyry
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Noun
mudstones
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Noun
scarp
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Noun
depositional
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Noun
crustal
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Noun
subduction
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Noun
sedimentary
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Noun
fault
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Noun
fault line
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Phrase, Noun
fracture
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Noun
wall
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Noun
horizontal
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Adjective
graben
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Noun
rock face
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Phrase, Noun
section
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Noun
cliff
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Noun
stone wall
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
retaining wall
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Phrase, Noun
slide
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Noun
subsequent
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Adjective
balk
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Noun
transform
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Verb
duplex
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Noun
floor
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Noun
hanging
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Noun, Verb
thrust
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Noun
vein
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Noun
immediate
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Adjective
zone
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Noun
forms
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Verb
rocks
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Noun
exposed
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Verb
consists
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Verb
located
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Verb
respect
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Noun
relation
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Noun
body
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Noun
formation
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Noun
abutment
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Noun
antechamber
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Noun
atolls
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Noun
bastions
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Noun
bedded
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Adjective
bulkhead
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Noun
caisson
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Noun
calcareous
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Adjective
cambrian
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Name, Adjective
carboniferous
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Name, Adjective
catchment
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Noun, Verb
coalfield
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Noun
continent
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Noun, Adjective
daylight
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Noun, Verb
diagonals
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Noun
escarpment
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Noun
ferruginous
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Adjective
foreland
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Noun
girders
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Noun
interbedded
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Adjective
landmass
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Noun
massif
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Noun
reef
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
gloss
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Noun, Verb
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
closet
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
bundle
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Noun, Verb
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
aisle
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
headlines
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Noun
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective