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Definitions of overthrust:
  • noun:   (geology, transitive, intransitive) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.
  • verb:   (geology, intransitive) Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.
  • adjective:   (geology) Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.

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