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overthrust
[ oh-ver-thruhst ]
/ ˈoʊ vərˌθrʌst /
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noun Geology.
a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip.
a thrust fault in which the hanging wall was the one that moved (opposed to underthrust).
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“Over There”, over-the-road, over the top, overthink, overthrow, overthrust, overthrust belt, overtime, overtire, overtired, overtly
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How to use overthrust in a sentence
They call the eastern edge of this range the Lewis overthrust, because thats where the overlapping stopped.
Boy Scouts in Glacier Park|Walter Prichard EatonThis cliff under usit must be three thousand feet down to the shale slidewas the front edge of the overthrust.
Boy Scouts in Glacier Park|Walter Prichard EatonOf course I am here taking the record just as I find it, as I have already discussed this matter of "overthrust folds."
Illogical Geology|George McCready Price
British Dictionary definitions for overthrust
overthrust
/ (ˈəʊvəˌθrʌst) /
noun
geology a reverse fault in which the rocks on the upper surface of a fault plane have moved over the rocks on the lower surfaceCompare underthrust
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