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underthrust
A low-angle reverse fault resulting from the sliding of the footwall beneath a relatively passive hanging wall. Compare: overthrust
- Ordklass: noun
- Bransch/domän: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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