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OVERTHRUST NAPPE [1 record]

Record 1 2009-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

The body of rock that makes up the hanging wall of a thrust fault.

OBS

thrust sheet; thrust nappe; overthrust sheet; overthrust nappe; sheared nappe; thrust block; thrust plate: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Imbricate thrust sheets.

Key term(s)
  • traveled mass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Ensemble de roches sédimentaires déplacées en une grande nappe depuis leur lieu d'origine, lors de l'orogenèse, jusque dans un secteur éloigné.

OBS

nappe de charriage; nappe de chevauchement; nappe de recouvrement : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada -Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Nappes de charriage imbriquées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
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