overthrust
1overthrust — verb (past and past participle overthrust) Geology force (a body of rock) over another formation …
2overthrust fault — noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression • Syn: ↑thrust fault, ↑reverse fault • Hypernyms: ↑inclined fault * * * noun also overthrust …
3overthrust fault — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… …
4overthrust — /oh veuhr thrust /, n. Geol. 1. a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip. 2. a thrust fault in which the hanging wall was the one that moved (opposed to underthrust). [1880 85; OVER + THRUST] * * * …
5overthrust — noun A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock …
6overthrust — Upthrust fault with a very low angle of dip and a relatively large net displacement [16] …
7overthrust — A low angle thrust fault of large scale, with displacement generally measured in kilometers. GG …
8overthrust — n. Geol. the thrust of esp. lower strata on one side of a fault over those on the other side …
9overthrust belt — (sometimes caps.) Geol. an elongate area in which thick rock layers have been pushed over one another by compressional forces within the earth s crust. * * * …
10overthrust belt — (not preferred) use fold thrust hills …