thrust fault

短语

冲断层，逆冲断层

词形变化

thrust faults 复数 thrust faults

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of reverse fault in which the angle that the hanging wall makes with the horizontal is less than 45 degrees.

    地质

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

reverse fault

词源

Coined by geologist Archibald Geikie in 1884.

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