overthrust

ˈəʊvəθrʌst
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Translation of overthrust from English into Dutch,

Noun

geology

TECH.
geological fault where older rocks move over younger ones
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overschuiving
  • The overthrust created a visible ridge in the landscape.De overschuiving creëerde een zichtbare richel in het landschap.

Verb

tr.

geology

TECH.
push one rock layer over another
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overschuiven
  • The tectonic plates overthrust during the earthquake.De tektonische platen schoven over elkaar tijdens de aardbeving.
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  • overthrust: geological fault where older rocks move over younger ones
    (geology) overschuiving

Synonyms and analogies of overthrust in English

Examples of overthrust in a sentence

  • An overthrust can significantly alter the terrain.
  • Geologists observed rocks that overthrust millions of years ago.
  • The mountain range was formed by layers that overthrust.

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They search offshore on the outer continental shelf and in the overthrust belt and in the Arctic, and they find three new bottles.

Ze zoeken eerst buitengaats op het buitenste continentaal plat, in de uitlopers van de gebergten en in het noordpoolgebied, en ze vinden drie nieuwe flessen.

On the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, near the Canadian border, there was another spectacular overthrust; here may be found the prelife stone layers shoved out over the then recent Cretaceous deposits.

Op de oostelijke helling van de Rocky Mountains, dichtbij de Canadese grens, vond nog een spectaculaire overschuiving plaats: hier kan men zien dat er steenlagen uit de tijd dat er nog geen leven was, over de toen recente afzettingen van het Krijttijdperk geschoven werden.

From the south, the molasse deposits were overthrust about 10 kilometers by the Helvetic nappes, which caused the deformation in the Subalpine Molasse zone.

Vanuit het zuiden werd de molasse ongeveer 10 kilometer overschoven door de Helvetische Dekbladen, waarbij ook de opschuivingen in de Subalpiene Molasse ontstonden.

The Glarus Overthrust is visible over a considerable distance.

De Glarner overschuiving is van een afstand goed te zien.

The Glarus Thrust Fault - Switzerland's most famous geological outcrop shows how mountains were formed by tectonic overthrust.

Glarner hoofdoverschuiving - aan de hand van de beroemdste geologische dagzoom van Zwitserland ontdekte men hoe gebergten door overschuivingen van dekbladen zijn ontstaan.

A large segment of rock was overthrust fifteen miles at the surface in British Columbia; here the Cambrian rocks are obliquely thrust out over the Cretaceous layers.

Aan het aardoppervlak in Brits Columbia werd een groot rotssegment ruim twintig kilometer overschoven: hier werden de rotsen uit het Cambrium schuin over de lagen uit het Krijttijdperk geschoven.

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