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OVERTHRUST FAULT

Dictionary entry overview: What does overthrust fault mean?

• OVERTHRUST FAULT (noun)
The noun OVERTHRUST FAULT has 1 sense:

1. a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression

Familiarity information: OVERTHRUST FAULT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OVERTHRUST FAULT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

overthrust fault; reverse fault; thrust fault

Hypernyms ("overthrust fault" is a kind of...):

inclined fault (a geological fault in which one side is above the other)

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