obduct
Americanverb (used with object)
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Geology. to cause (a tectonic plate) to move so that its edge overlaps that of an adjacent plate, typically oceanic lithosphere over continental lithosphere.
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Obsolete. to cover or overlap.
Other Word Forms
- obduction noun
Example Sentences
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Over a couple million years, as the islands were obducted, they crumpled into a fold-and-thrust mountain belt with topography similar to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Appalachia today.
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