overthrust

/OW0 V ER0 TH R AH1 S T/
noun
  1. 1

    A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.

verb
  1. 1

    Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.

adjective
  1. 1

    Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.

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