دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

an area of earth shift common to mountainous regions in which strata are shoved upwards creating highly titled reservoirs.

n: a low-dip angle (nearly horizontal) reverse fault along which a large displacement has occurred. Some overthrusts, such as many of those in the Rocky Mountain Overthrust Belt, represent slippages of many miles.