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Definition of overthrusts:
(n) :
(geology, ambitransitive) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.
(v) :
(geology, intransitive) Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.
(adj) :
(geology) Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.
Definition of overthrusts:
(n) :
(geology, ambitransitive) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.
(v) :
(geology, intransitive) Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.
(adj) :
(geology) Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.