Overthrust

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.

2.verbOf a body of rock: to force itself over another.

3.adjectiveBelonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.

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