overthrust
unconformability
reverse fault
superposition
bistratal
lopolith
stratigraphy
normal fault
hanging wall
subduction
downthrow
geologic joint
transform fault
footwall
exoskarn
counterstratagem
anticline
megasequence
diapir
cataclasite
interstratify
gneiss
polystrate
transition zone
stratography
archaeostratigraphic
syncline
inclined fault
onlap
tectonostratigraphy
dislocation
overfold
common fault
transcurrent
interstratified
gravity fault
overplate
dip
thrust fault
geoboundary
overthrust fault
toe-crushing
tectosphere
intrusion
countermine
destratified
restratification
strike-slip fault
joint
countermure
metasediment
bedding plane
pull-apart
intrusive
stratic
squeeze
upthrow
massif
monocline
laccolith
destratify
subthrust
nappe
wayboard
pseudofault
polysequence
ravinement
flaw
tea table
superstrate
polystratified
string
autoclastic
Flysch
hiatus
lower mantle
palaeosubduction
plinth
sill
homocline
bascule
shale
ridge
fault gouge
subductive
sheet pile
orogen
conchoid
monoclinal
argillite

English words for 'Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.'

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