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overthrust

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o⋅ver⋅thrust

  [oh-ver-thruhst]
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–noun Geology.
1. a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip.
2. a thrust fault in which the hanging wall was the one that moved (opposed to underthrust ).
Origin:
1880–85; over- + thrust
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