faulting(n = noun.object) break, fault, fracture, geological fault, shift - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
is a kind of cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure
has parts: fault line
has particulars: inclined fault, strike-slip fault

   The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced. [1913 Webster]