Geology 【地质】
- the thrust of one series of rock strata over another, especially along a fault line at a shallow angle to the horizontal逆掩断层（尤指上冲断层）。
(past and past participle -thrust)with obj.
1- force (a body of rock) over another使（岩层）逆掩运动：
as noun overthrusting the increased overburden resulting from overthrusting.逆掩运动造成覆盖岩层的增加。
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- (of a body of rock) be forced over (another formation)（岩层）逆掩（另一岩组）：
the shales are overthrust by Carboniferous rocks.
页岩层被石炭层逆掩。