Translation of "thrust fault" into Portuguese

Cavalgamento is the translation of "thrust fault" into Portuguese.

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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