slipping-down

Updated: June 11, 2025

The amount of the down-throw, or the slipping-down of the beds, is measured, vertically, from the point of disappearance of a layer to an imaginary continuation of the same layer from where it again appears beyond the fault.

Edward A. Martin - The Story of a Piece of Coal: What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes