English Explanatory Dictionary

megathrust

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sudden large-scale slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate, resulting in a major earthquake.

Word forms

megathrust megathrusts

Etymology

From mega- + thrust.

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