HyperDic: thrust_fault

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

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