Engineering Geology Terminology

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noun a raised elongated block of the earth's crust lying between two faults

  • The geologist explained that a horst is a raised block of the Earth's crust.
  • I heard there's a horst formation in the nearby mountains.
  • Let's go check out that cool horst over there.
  • In the business world, he's like a horst - always rising above the competition.