foreland
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
A headland.
2
In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.
Most foreland fold and thrust belts are linear or arcuate belts of folds and thrust faults that form a marginal part of an orogenic belt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.
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