OVERTHRUST FAULT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overthrust fault mean? 

• OVERTHRUST FAULT (noun)
  The noun OVERTHRUST FAULT has 1 sense:

1. a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression

  Familiarity information: OVERTHRUST FAULT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERTHRUST FAULT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

overthrust fault; reverse fault; thrust fault

Hypernyms ("overthrust fault" is a kind of...):

inclined fault (a geological fault in which one side is above the other)