Vertical displacement

This article is about the concept in geography. For the concept in mathematics, see vertical translation.

In tectonics, vertical displacement[1] is the shifting of land in a vertical direction, resulting in a long term change in elevation. Two types of vertical displacement are uplift, an increase in elevation, and subsidence, a decrease in elevation. Vertical displacement may result from tectonic activity, sinking due to an increased load or isostatic rebound due to load removal. In faulting the vertical displacement along the fault trace is referred to as the throw of the fault.

Notes

  1. ↑ For example: Greco, Antonio M. (1989). Tectonics and metamorphism in the western Himalayan syntaxis area (Azad Kashmir, NE-Pakistan). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologischen Institut der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule und der Universität Zürich. Geologisches Institut der Eidg. Technischen Hochschule und der Universität Zürich. p. 152. Retrieved 2015-07-02. [...] the Main Central Thrust at the Kalasar area records the entire tectonic throw (vertical displacement).


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