• a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression


    thrust fault meaning & definition 1 of thrust fault.


  • A type of fault, with movement of the Earths crust, in which a lower stratigraphic layer is pushed up and over a younger one as a result of compression forces.

    thrust fault meaning & definition 2 of thrust fault.


  • A thrust fault is a break in the Earths crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks.

    thrust fault meaning & definition 3 of thrust fault.

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