overthrust

noun · verb · adjectiveB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

overthrusts

1.
(ambitransitive)(geology, ambitransitive) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.

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verb

V_es/s

overthrusts

V_ing/Gerund

overthrusting

V_ed/pp

overthrustedoverthrust

1.
(intransitive)(geology, intransitive) Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.

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adjective

1.
(not comparable)(geology) Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.