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Noun Concept
Categories: long volume value, Faults (geology), Earth's crust, Stratigraphy, Articles with short description
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thrust fault  overthrust fault  reverse fault
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A geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression WordNet 3.0
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A geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks. Wikipedia
A type of reverse fault that has a dip of 45 degrees or less Wikidata
IS A
inclined fault
fault
PART OF
fold and thrust belt
HAS KIND
Longmenshan Fault
Glarus thrust
HAS INSTANCE
Jotundekket
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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thrust fault, overthrust fault, reverse fault
Wikipedia
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thrust fault
Wikidata
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thrust fault
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blind thrust fault, Duplex fault, fault-bend fold, Fault-bend folds, imbricate stack, overthrust, reverse fault, Schuppen structure, tectonic imbrication, Thrust Fault, thrust faulting, thrust faults, thrust sheets

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