thrust plate
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thrust plate — noun or thrust sheet : a geologic thrust block of great lateral extent … Useful english dictionary
thrust plate — See driven plate … Dictionary of automotive terms
plate — [1] The action of coating a material with some metal. Also called electroplate or anodize. [2] A flat piece of material. [3] Two lead alloy plates in each cell where the positive plate is made of lead peroxide and the negative plate is made of… … Dictionary of automotive terms
thrust sheet — noun see thrust plate … Useful english dictionary
Thrust fault — in the Qilian Shan, China. The older (left, blue and red) thrust over the younger (right, brown). A thrust fault is a type of fault, or break in the Earth s crust across which there has been relative movement, in which rocks of lower… … Wikipedia
plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… … Universalium
Thrust tectonics — is concerned with the structures formed, and the tectonic processes associated with, the shortening of the crust or lithosphere.Areas of thrust tectonics are typically associated with: * The collision of two continents or a continent and an… … Wikipedia
Mount Diablo Thrust Fault — The Mount Diablo Thrust Fault, also known as the Mount Diablo Blind Thrust, is a thrust fault in the vicinity of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, California. The fault lies between the Calaveras Fault, the Greenville Fault, and the Concord… … Wikipedia
Moine Thrust Belt — defining the western edge of the Moine Supergroup outcrop The Moine Thrust Belt is a linear geological feature in the Scottish Highlands which runs from Loch Eriboll on the north coast 190 km south west to the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of… … Wikipedia
Glarus thrust — Infobox World Heritage Site WHS = Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona Image caption = The Tschingelhörner on the border of Swiss cantons Glarus and Graubünden. The Glarus thrust can be seen as a horizontal line in the cliffs. State Party = SUI Type =… … Wikipedia
Blind thrust earthquake — A blind thrust earthquake is an earthquake along a thrust fault that does not show signs on the earth s surface, hence the designation blind [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/glossary.php?term=blind%20thrust%20fault] . Such faults, being… … Wikipedia
