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Definition of horst in English: horstnoun hɔːsthôrst Geology A raised elongated block of the earth's crust lying between two faults. Example sentencesExamples - A thinner series of these rocks occurs on top of horsts of Jurassic rocks.
- The main effect of the orogeny in southeastern Utah was to uplift the Uncompahgre High, a horst composed of Precambrian strata, which is bound on its southwestern flank by a major reverse fault.
- These faults bound horsts, grabens and tilted blocks.
- Thus the Coastal Ranges take on the appearance of an uplifted horst, bounded, particularly to the east, by normal faults.
- The area is characterized by a series of low-relief Jurassic horsts and graben.
Origin Late 19th century: from German Horst 'heap'. Definition of horst in US English: horstnounhôrst Geology A raised elongated block of the earth's crust lying between two faults. Example sentencesExamples - These faults bound horsts, grabens and tilted blocks.
- The area is characterized by a series of low-relief Jurassic horsts and graben.
- Thus the Coastal Ranges take on the appearance of an uplifted horst, bounded, particularly to the east, by normal faults.
- A thinner series of these rocks occurs on top of horsts of Jurassic rocks.
- The main effect of the orogeny in southeastern Utah was to uplift the Uncompahgre High, a horst composed of Precambrian strata, which is bound on its southwestern flank by a major reverse fault.
Origin Late 19th century: from German Horst ‘heap’. |