亚洲网紅露点

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overthrust

[ oh-ver-thruhst ]

noun

Geology.
  1. a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip.
  2. a thrust fault in which the hanging wall was the one that moved ( underthrust ).


overthrust

/ 藞蓹蕣惫蓹藢胃谤蕦蝉迟 /

noun

  1. geology a reverse fault in which the rocks on the upper surface of a fault plane have moved over the rocks on the lower surface Compare underthrust
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of overthrust1

First recorded in 1880鈥85; over- + thrust
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The painting of the Rock Point Overthrust was created by Vermont artist Raymond Pease as part of the Public Works Art Project, which employed artists during the Great Depression.

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鈥淚t鈥檚 a dress-to-kill event,鈥 said Tshomarelo Mosaka, or 鈥淰ulture Thrust,鈥 his nom de guerre as bassist and lead singer for the death-metal band Overthrust.

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Overthrust and other local metal acts are as popular here as hometown rappers have become in Johannesburg or Lagos.

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He traced the plications from minor to major stages, and illustrated the remarkable foldings and overthrust faultings in numerous sections and with the aid of pictorial drawings.

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It has now been shown, however, that the upper series of limestones has been brought upon the top of the lower by a great overthrust.

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