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overthrust

/oh-ver-thruhst/US // ˈoʊ vərˌθrʌst //UK // (ˈəʊvəˌθrʌst) //

推力过大,推力,反推力,推力过强

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Geology.

    • : a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip.
    • : a thrust fault in which the hanging wall was the one that moved.

Examples

  • They call the eastern edge of this range the Lewis overthrust, because thats where the overlapping stopped.

  • This cliff under usit must be three thousand feet down to the shale slidewas the front edge of the overthrust.

  • Of course I am here taking the record just as I find it, as I have already discussed this matter of "overthrust folds."