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tectonic gap
An overthrust, the thrusted rocks of which move differentially so that the upper part of the geologic section is left behind; the replacement of the upper limb of an overturned anticline by a fold fault.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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