foreland
nounEtymology From Middle English foreland, equivalent to fore- + land.
1
A headland.
2
Geography, Geology, Natural sciences In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.
- Most foreland fold and thrust belts are linear or arcuate belts of folds and thrust faults that form a marginal part of an orogenic belt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.1980, B. C. Burchfiel, “Foreland Fold and Thrust Belts—Review”, in AAPG Bulletin, volume 64, number 5, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, →DOI, page 684:
- Derived terms
- South Foreland