sub-outcrop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rock stratum that was once exposed at an ancient erosion surface and unconformably underlies another rock stratum.

Word forms

sub-outcrop sub-outcrops

Etymology

From sub- + outcrop.

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