What is the name for a raised block of the earth's crust thrown up between two faults?

Rift

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Horst

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Cirque

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Graben

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Solution

The correct option is B Horst
A horst is called a block that has been comparatively uplifted between two natural faults that dip away from each other. The tilted fault block is a tilted fault block that lies between two regular faults dipping in the same direction.
The correct answer is B .

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