stratigraphic throw

The thickness of the strata which originally separated two beds brought into contact at a fault. Also known as stratigraphic separation.

Related terms:

• throw
• rock-stratigraphic unit
• stratigraphic separation
• secondary stratigraphic trap
• time-stratigraphic facies
• stratigraphic oil fields
• stratigraphic trap
• stratigraphic map
• stratigraphic unit
• primary stratigraphic trap