HyperDic: overthrust_fault

English > 1 sense of the expression overthrust fault:
NOUNobjectoverthrust fault, thrust fault, reverse faulta geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
English > overthrust fault: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningA geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression.
Synonymsthrust fault, reverse fault
Broaderinclined faultA geological fault in which one side is above the other
Catalanencavalcament

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