Meaning Of The Word Underthrust
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What's The Definition Of Underthrust?
underthrust in American English
noun: a thrust fault in which the footwall moved and the hanging wall did not (opposed to overthrust) underthrust in British English noun: a reverse fault in which the rocks on the lower surface of a fault plane have moved under the relatively static rocks on the upper surface |
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