Horst

:For the Dutch town of Horst, see Horst aan de Maas.

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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.

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The Vosges and Black Forest are examples of the former, the Table, Jura and the D?le 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.

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"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.

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Geography: Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation of both physical, biological and human phenomena on Earth. The word derives from the Greek words γη or γεια ("Earth") and γραφειν ("to describe" and "to wr...

Geology: 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. It is one of the Earth sciences....

Fault: There are various types of faults:...

Horst related Images and Photos (experimental)

Horst Wessel

Horst Buchholz

Horst Janson - Murphy's War