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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Faults. | Sep 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Western Oregon University - Introduction to Faults (PDF). | Mar 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Fault Lines: Facts About Cracks in the Earth. | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Anbar - Faults and Faulting. | Dec 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Earth Science - Editorial: Unveiling Active Faults: Multiscale Perspectives and Alternative Approaches Addressing the Seismic Hazard Challenge. | Oct 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego State University - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences - Faults. | Aug 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PennState - College of Earth and Mineral Sciences - Geology of the National Parks - Pull-Apart Faults. | May 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: VIVA Open Publishing - Physical Geology Laboratory - Faults. | Jan 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Investigation of geological fault reactivation and opening. | Oct 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Faults. | Mar 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Faults. | Sep 27, 2022 | ||
| Added a photograph of a fault cutting across layers of sandstone. | May 11, 2020 | ||
| Changed “the Earth” to “Earth.” Added material about the Anatolian Fault. | May 11, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: PennState - Earthquake Seismology - Faults and Faulting. | Jun 05, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Nebraska at Omaha - Cartography and Geographic Information Systems Laboratory - Description of Faults. | Jun 05, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Western Oregon University - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Introduction to Faults. | Jun 05, 2017 | ||
| Added new Web site: Banglapedia - Fault. | Nov 06, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 28, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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