| 单词 |
thrust-plane |
| 释义 |
ˈthrust-plane Geol. The plane of dislocation in an overfault, along which the dislocated strata have been driven.
1884Geikie in Nature 13 Nov. 30/1 The most extraordinary dislocations..are those to which..we have given the name of Thrust-Planes. They are, strictly, reversed faults, but with so low a hade that the rocks on their up-throw side have been, as it were, pushed horizontally forward. 1884Peach & Horne ibid. 33/2 At length this intricate system of faults and folds culminates in a great dislocation which,..to distinguish it from the ordinary reversed faults, may be termed a Thrust-Plane. 1907Athenæum 2 Nov. 554/3 The planes of disruption along which the masses travelled are known as thrust-planes. |

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