Glossary of earthquake terms
![diagram of blind thrust fault](/peth04/20041021232007im_/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/image_glossary/images/blindthrust.gif)
(Image courtesy of Stephen Nelson, Tulane University)
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Blind
thrust fault
A blind thrust
fault is 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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