overthrust

English

Etymology

over- +‎ thrust

Noun

overthrust (plural overthrusts)

  1. (geology, transitive, intransitive) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.

Verb

overthrust (third-person singular simple present overthrusts, present participle overthrusting, simple past and past participle overthrusted or overthrust)

  1. (geology, intransitive) Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.

Adjective

overthrust (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.

References

Thrust fault on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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