Overthrust Fault
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- thrust fault
- plural
- Overthrust Faults
- possessive
- Overthrust Fault's
- pluralpossessive
- Overthrust Faults'