断だん層そう山さん地ち

noun

fault-block mountains

Geological term for mountains formed by faulting, where blocks of the Earth's crust are uplifted or tilted.

• 日本にほんの断だん層そう山さん地ちは、地ち殻かく変へん動どうによって形けい成せいされた。

  Japan's fault-block mountains were formed by crustal movements.