overthrusting

ˌoʊvərˈθrʌstɪŋ
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Translation of overthrusting from English into German,

Noun

geology

TECH.
geological process where crustal layers are pushed over each other
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Überschiebung
  • The overthrusting created a series of mountain ranges.Die Überschiebung führte zur Entstehung mehrerer Gebirgsketten.

Adjective

geology

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characterized by rock layers pushed over others
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überschoben
  • The overthrusting layers created a unique mountain formation.Die überschobenen Schichten schufen eine einzigartige Bergformation.
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Synonyms and analogies of overthrusting in English

adj.overridingMore synonyms

Examples of overthrusting in a sentence

  • The study focused on overthrusting in the region's geology.
  • Geologists examined the overthrusting fault lines.
  • Overthrusting formations are common in this mountain range.
overthrust
ˈəʊvəθrʌst
Noun

geology

TECH.
geological fault where older rocks move over younger ones
TECH.
Überschiebung Überschiebungsfalte Überschiebungsstörung
  • The overthrust created a visible ridge in the landscape.Der Überschiebung erzeugte einen sichtbaren Grat in der Landschaft.
Verb
tr.

geology

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push one rock layer over another
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überschieben überlagern
  • The tectonic plates overthrust during the earthquake.Die tektonischen Platten überschoben sich während des Erdbebens.

overthrusting: Examples and translations in context

Thrusting and overthrusting of frozen gravel blocks mimiks much slower processes on a bigger scale in mountain orogeny.

Die Kompression und Überschiebungen der Blöcke aus gefrorenem Schotter ist ein ausgezeichnetes Modell für die weitaus langsameren Prozesse, welche bei Gebirgsbildungen in größerem Rahmen stattfinden.

But first overthrusting events are thought to interfere with deformation D2.

Die ersten Translationen dürften sich jedoch schon mit D2 zeitlich überlagern.

The young Alpidic Cu-Ag-(Pb-Zn-) vein mineralizations are controlled by most different faulting planes, such as ruptures, foults, imbrication boundaries, overthrusting faults etc.

Die jungalpidischen Cu-Ag-(Pb-Zn-) Gangvererzungen werden durch Flächen verschiedenster Größenordnung (Klüfte, Brüche, Schuppengrenzen, Aufschiebungsflächen) kontrolliert.

They represent the inner continental shelf on the southern edge of pre-Alpine Europe and they were not affected by the folding and overthrusting processes of the Alpine Orogeny until relatively late.

Sie repräsentieren den inneren Schelf am Südrand des prä-alpidischen Europa und sind erst relativ spät von den Faltungs- und Überschiebungsprozessen der alpidischen Orogenese erfasst worden.

The first overthrusting processes during the Alpine Orogeny already took place in the Jurassic, ca.

Die ersten Überschiebungsvorgänge bei der alpinen Orogenese fanden schon im Jura vor ca.

They represent the inner continental shelf on the southern edge of pre-Alpine Europe and they were not affected by the folding and overthrusting processes of the Alpine Orogeny until relatively late.

Sie repräsentieren den inneren Schelf am Südrand des prä-alpidischen Europa und sind erst relativ spät von den Faltungs- und Überschiebungsprozessen der alpidischen Orogenese erfasst worden.

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