what is faulting
faulting - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; they built it right over a geological fault; he studied the faulting of the earth's crust. geological fault, fracture, break, fault, shift. 1  geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. 2  fault line - (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface. 3  crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure - a long narrow opening.