押おし被かぶせ褶しゅう曲きょく

noun

overthrust fold

A geological term for a fold in which older rock layers are pushed over younger ones along a thrust fault.

• この地ち域いきには押おし被かぶせ褶しゅう曲きょくが多おおく見みられる。

  Many overthrust folds can be seen in this region.