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The "soap fault" is nothing but two reverse faults with a narrow wedge between them.  A geologist would refer to the two faults separately, but to the general public, "soap faulting" would be a clear, and accurate, term.
 
The "soap fault" is nothing but two reverse faults with a narrow wedge between them.  A geologist would refer to the two faults separately, but to the general public, "soap faulting" would be a clear, and accurate, term.
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The "splinted fault" is probably related to the ''plates'' used to fix broken bones.

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Faults are not necessarily caused on plate boundaries - they can happen anywhere. 162.158.146.16 04:41, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Totally missed an opportunity for a Lego Fault.108.162.212.251 13:43, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Both LEGO and BRIO in the same comic would have been too many toys. 162.158.134.196 14:38, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

The alt text reminds me of how Earthquakes are depicted in movies, where a massive rift opens up in the Earth. 162.158.75.10 13:48, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

I was totally expecting the Amigara Fault in there 108.162.216.112 14:10, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Probably only for Germans, but the comedian Otto Waalkes invented that soap bar long ago in the seventies: Keili. --Dgbrt (talk) 16:01, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

No seg fault to the left or right of the image? Unfortunate. 172.68.78.16 16:56, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Your fault: 💔 SilverMagpie (talk) 19:24, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Well, the "taffy fault" is named as a joke, it is quite similar to "rift faults". These are several normal faults going on at the same time at both sides of a valley. The "soap fault" is not impossible.

Another terrifying thing about living near a bag-of-chips fault is that usually the things near the tears in chip bags get eaten. 108.162.238.95 04:48, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

The "soap fault" is nothing but two reverse faults with a narrow wedge between them. A geologist would refer to the two faults separately, but to the general public, "soap faulting" would be a clear, and accurate, term.

The "splinted fault" is probably related to the plates used to fix broken bones.