English Explanatory Dictionary

fold and thrust belt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A series of mountainous foothills adjacent to an orogenic belt, which forms due to contractional tectonics.

Word forms

fold and thrust belt fold and thrust belts
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