| 单词 | overthrust fault |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoverthrust fault The thrusting forward of one series of rocks or strata over another, esp. along a fault plane at a relatively small angle to the horizontal; the extent of this. Also: (more fully overthrust fault): a large-scale reverse fault in which this occurs. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > movement of lithospheric plates overthrust1883 suturing1890 subduction1970 obduction1971 suture1971 subducting1977 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > other types of fault heave1802 reversed fault1852 reverse fault1865 step-fault1879 ring fracture1881 overfault1883 overlap fault1883 overthrust1883 trough fault1883 thrust1888 thrust-fault1889 offset1897 cross-fault1900 tear-fault1900 distributive fault1904 cross-break1909 slide1910 strike-slip fault1913 rift1921 splay fault1942 wrench fault1951 megashear1954 transform fault1965 transform1971 1883 C. Lapworth in Geol. Mag. 10 342 The various stages of rock deformation under lateral pressure (folds, overfolds, overfaults, and overthrusts). 1885 C. Callaway in Daily News 8 Jan. 3/5 The extraordinary overthrust of old rocks on to newer strata in Sutherlandshire. 1890 Nature 31 July 320 The coal-measures are folded, broken and traversed by great ‘overthrust’ faults. 1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. vi. 80 Reverse or Thrust Faults... When the resulting fracture is inclined at an angle between 45° and the horizontal..the corresponding fault is described as an overthrust. 1969 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 80 953 Overthrust fault surfaces are actually undulatory rather than plane. 1986 New Yorker 10 Mar. 74/2 What could have hit the continent with force enough to drive the overthrust and cause the foreland mountains to rise? < as lemmas |
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