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underthrust

American

[uhn-der-thruhst] / ˈʌn dərˌθrʌst /

noun

Geology.

a thrust fault in which the footwall moved and the hanging wall did not (opposed to overthrust).

underthrust British

/ ˈʌndəˌθrʌst /

noun

geology a reverse fault in which the rocks on the lower surface of a fault plane have moved under the relatively static rocks on the upper surface Compare overthrust

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Etymology

Origin of underthrust

First recorded in 1890–95; under- + thrust

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