onlap
noun 1verb 1
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3ADJ.
crustal, volcanic
VERB + ONLAP
continued
ONLAP + NOUN
tesserae
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noun
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The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.
Displacement on F3 was followed by continued accumulation and onlap of the fine-grained sands of unit 3 on the footwall and development of soil Qb2.
verb
1
To form an onlap.
Elsewhere, many of the youngest volcanic plains units onlap tesserae at crustal plateau boundaries.
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Displacement on F3 was followed by continued accumulation and onlap of the fine-grained sands of unit 3 on the footwall and development of soil Qb2.
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Elsewhere, many of the youngest volcanic plains units onlap tesserae at crustal plateau boundaries.
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