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In physical geography and geology, a horst is the raised fault block bounded by normal faults. The raised block is a portion of the Earth's crust that has remained stationary while the land has sunk on either side of it or has been crushed by a mountain range against it. from http://earthquake. ... The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ... Geology (from Greek γη- (ge-, the earth) and λογος (logos, word, reason)) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history and the processes that shape it. ... Old fault exposed by roadcut near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ... Earth cutaway from core to exosphere. ...

The Vosges and Black Forest are examples of the former, the Table, Jura and the Dôle mountains are results of the latter. The word is also applied to those larger areas, such as the Russian plain, Arabia, India and Central South Africa, where the continent remains stable, with horizontal table-land stratification, in distinction to folded regions such as the Eurasian chains. Vosges is a French département, named after the Vosges mountain range. ... A map of Germany, showing the Black Forest in red. ... The Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula is a mainly desert peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia and an important part of the greater Middle East. ... It has been suggested that Geographic Realms be merged into this article or section. ... Stratigraphy, a branch of geology, is basically the study of rock layers and layering (stratification). ... African-Eurasian aspect of Earth Eurasia is the landmass composed of the continents of Europe and Asia. ...

"Horst" is the German word for 'eyrie', the nest of a bird (such as an eagle) that is located on a high place such as a cliff. Eyrie The lofty nest of a bird of prey. ... Genera Several, see below. ...

A horst is also known as a block mountain.

And it also is a German first name. E.g. the German Federal President is called Horst Koehler.

See also

• Graben

USGS image A graben is a depressed block of land bordered by parallel faults. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain.