An elongated block of the Earth's crust that has remained relatively uplifted between two parallel normal faults, standing higher than the down-dropped graben blocks typically found beside it. Horsts and grabens commonly occur together in alternating series across regions undergoing crustal extension, such as the Basin and Range Province.
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Shaped By: Normal Faulting, LeadQuote, Shaped By: Normal Faulting, Lead
A horst, in physical geography and geology, is a raised fault block bounded by normal faults.
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