| 单词 | thrust-fault |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthrust-fault thrust-fault n. Geology a reversed fault: = overfault n.; in modern use, a low-angle reverse fault; also, any low-angle fault; = sense 7 above. ΘΚΠ 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 1889 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1888 659 He suggested a thrust-fault through the Mendip axis carrying its upper portion northward. 1903 Nature 20 Aug. 375/1 The overfolding and repetition of strata by thrust-faults. 1915 C. Schuchert in Pirsson & Schuchert Text-bk. Geol. I. xiv. 344 Reverse faults..having a gently inclined fault-surface are known as thrust-faults or simply thrusts. 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. 1972 J. G. Dennis Struct. Geol. xii. 271 Since thrust faults were originally considered a class of reverse faults, they should bring older rocks over younger. So many low-dip normal faults have been called thrusts, however, that we must include all low-dip faults in this class. 1980 Sci. Amer. Oct. 127/2 The thrust faults and folds indicate that the rocks were much compressed in the horizontal direction. < as lemmas |
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