What is the definition of "Fault-Block Mountain" in science terms?

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Amaris · Answer 1 · 2017-08-01T16:27:50+0000

Fault blocks are very large blocks of rock, sometimes hundreds of kilometres in extent, created by tectonic and localized stresses in the Earth's crust. Large areas of bedrock are broken up into blocks by faults.

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