HyperDic: reverse_fault

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

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