Glossary:Heave

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Heave
To displace or move. In geology, the heave is the measure of the horizontal displacement between the upthrown and downthrown sides of a fault. In soils, heave occurs due to the expansion and contraction of slope material caused by wetting and drying, freezing and thawing, temperature changes and burrowing animals.

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