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lag fault
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.
- Vārdšķira: noun
- Nozare/domēns: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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- ed.young
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