单词 | thrust-plane |
释义 | thrust-planen. Geology. The plane of dislocation in an overfault, along which the dislocated strata have been driven. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > plane thrust-plane1884 shear plane1888 fault-plane1889 shearing plane1889 sole1889 bed-plane1895 bedding-plane1897 bedding fault1909 1884 Geikie 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. 1884 B. N. Peach & J. Horne in Nature 13 Nov. 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. 1907 Athenæum 2 Nov. 554/3 The planes of disruption along which the masses travelled are known as thrust-planes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1884 |
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