thrust fault

noun

thrust fault

noun

Etymology Coined by geologist Archibald Geikie in 1884.

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

Derived terms: blind thrust fault, overthrust

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