Translation of "thrust fault" into German

Aufschiebung, Aufschiebungsfalte, Überschiebung are the top translations of "thrust fault" into German.

thrust fault noun grammar

(geology) A type of fault, with movement of the Earth's crust, in which a lower stratigraphic layer is pushed up and over a younger one as a result of compression forces. [..]

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  • Aufschiebung

    noun feminine

  • Aufschiebungsfalte

  • Überschiebung

    noun feminine

    Closure of both basins by large scale thrust faulting was in Late Eocene.

    Das Schließen der Becken mittels großmaßstäblicher Überschiebung fand in beiden Fällen im späten Eozän statt.

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