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- n. A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In geology, a faulted overfold accompanied by a distinct separation of the masses on both sides of the faults, which are thrust or shoved apart in the direction of the line of the fault or thrust-plane.
- In geology, thrust beyond: applied to the rocks on the upper side of a reversed fault, which are thrust upon those of later age, thus reversing the normal succession.
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