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the heave increases with the hade. The stratigraphic throw is 

 the thickness of beds which intervenes between the broken ends 



Fig. 102. 



Normal fault of small throw in horizontal strata: fault scarp removed 

 by denudation. (U. S. G. S.) 



of a fractured stratum (i.e. on opposite sides of the fault), and is 

 measured at right angles to the bedding planes. When the 



