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Rareoverthrust
The correct spelling is overthrust.
How to pronounce overthrust
noun
Say it like: Ove-rth-rus-t
The correct spelling is overthrust. A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.
verb
- 1.Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.
adjective
- 1.Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.
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