a fault in which the rocks on the upper side of an inclined fault plane have been displaced upwards, usually by compression; a reverse fault
thrust fault in American English
noun
Geology
a low-angle reverse fault produced in rocks subjected to thrust
Word origin
[1900–05]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, burnout, elder statesman, hookup, throwaway
Examples of 'thrust fault' in a sentence
thrust fault
The thrust-fault deformation was caused by gravity spreading of an advancing ice sheet.
Pedersen, Stig A. Schack 2005, 'Structural analysis of the Rubjerg Knude Glaciotectonic Complex, Vendsyssel, NorthernDenmark', Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletinhttp://www.geus.dk/publications/bull/nr8/nr8.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Dispersive effects are then exemplified through a semi-idealized study of a moderate-strength inverse thrust fault.
S. Glimsdal, G. K. Pedersen, C. B. Harbitz, F. Løvholt 2013, 'Dispersion of tsunamis: does it really matter?', Natural Hazards and Earth System Scienceshttp://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/13/1507/2013/nhess-13-1507-2013.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Antitaxial barite veins found only in apical parts of folds near the thrust fault were formed in late diagenesis.
Jože Čar, Meta Dobnikar, Dragomir Skaberne 2002, 'Barite from the Upper Idrijca River valley (W Slovenia)', Geologijahttp://www.geologija-revija.si/dokument.aspx?id=619. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)