Horst ( geology ) - Wikipedia Horst ( geology ) USGS image In physical geography and geology, a horst is the raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben. A horst is a raised block of the Earth 's crust that has lifted, or has remained stationary, while the land on either side has subsided. Horst is Dutch and German for heap. The Vosges Mountains in France and Black Forest in Germany are examples of horsts, as are the Table, Jura and the Dole mountains. The word is also applied to larger areas, such as the Russian Plain, Arabia, India and Central South Africa, where the continent remains stable, with horizontal table - land stratification, in distinction to folded regions such as the Eurasian chains. Contents 1 Horsts and hydrocarbon exploration 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Horsts and hydrocarbon exploration In many rift basins around the world, the vast majority of discovered hydrocarbons are found in conventional traps associated with horsts. For example, much of the petroleum found in the Sirte Basin, Libya ( of the order of tens of billions of barrels of reserves ) are found on large horst blocks such as the Zelten Platform and the Dahra Platform and on smaller horsts such as the Gialo High and the Bu - Attifel Ridge. See also Basin and range topography Fault - block mountain Plateau References Jump up ^ Fossen H. ( 2010 - 07 - 15 ). Structural Geology. Cambridge University Press. p. 154. ISBN 9781139488617. ^ Jump up to : One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. ( 1911 ). `` Horst ''. Encyclopædia Britannica. 13 ( 11th ed. ). Cambridge University Press. p. 740. External links The dictionary definition of horst at Wiktionary This geology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horst_(geology)&oldid=797017615 '' Categories : Structural geology Geomorphology Geology stubs Hidden categories : Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica without Wikisource reference Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2011 All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Eesti Español Euskara فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ქართული Қазақша Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk nynorsk Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча Polski Português Русский Slovenčina Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 24 August 2017, at 12 : 57. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: the mountain which is known as horst is
Answer: a raised block of the Earth's crust that has lifted, or has remained stationary, while the land on either side has subsided