low-angle overthrust

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• overthrust 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• overthrust —    Upthrust fault with a very low angle of dip and a relatively large net displacement [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• overthrust —    A low angle thrust fault of large scale, with displacement generally measured in kilometers.    GG …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• 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

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• thrust fault — noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression • Syn: ↑overthrust fault, ↑reverse fault • Hypernyms: ↑inclined fault * * * noun : a reverse fault in which the angle between the horizontal and the …   Useful english dictionary

• lag fault — noun Etymology: lag (I) : a minor low angle thrust fault resulting within an overthrust mass from one part of the mass being thrust farther than an adjacent higher or lower part * * * lag fault, Geology. a fault caused by one layer of rock being… …   Useful english dictionary

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