overthrust
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editoverthrust (plural overthrusts)
- (geology, transitive, intransitive) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.
Verb
editoverthrust (third-person singular simple present overthrusts, present participle overthrusting, simple past and past participle overthrusted or overthrust)
- (geology, intransitive) Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.
Adjective
editoverthrust (not comparable)
References
editThrust fault on Wikipedia.Wikipedia