Fault: nf Term which designates in geology an uplift or a subsidence forming a more or less wide crack to which we give the
fault name (from Latin fallere: to fall).
The plain of Alsace crossed by the Rhine is undoubtedly the most beautiful example in France of a fault filled by sediments.
It is due to a tectonic collapse. The vineyard extends over this fault zone between the Rhine plain and the foothills of the Vosges.
He finds there one of his finest terroirs ....
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