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Overthrust fault Uncommon

Noun

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Noun
1

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

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inclined fault
Rhyming Words
ult hult cult vault exult soult boult adult poult hault gault udult sault hoult moult stult fault sepult occult penult
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