underthrust body

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• underthrust — verb (past and past participle underthrust) Geology force (a body of rock) beneath another formation …   English new terms dictionary

• Nappe — For other uses, see Nappe (disambiguation). Schematic overview of an eroded thrust system. The shaded material is the nappe. The erosional hole is called a window or fenster. The klippe is the isolated block of the nappe overlying autochthonous… …   Wikipedia