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What is the difference between nappe and thrust sheet? "Nappe" is the French word for "tablecloth"; think of what happens when you try to push a tablecloth any distance across a table The resulting folded (and inverted folding) structure is very different to that created if you were to push a thick layer of dirt across the table The term was likely used to describe this folding over low angle thrusts as they were observed in the Alps, and then
Newest terminology Questions - Page 2 - Earth Science Stack Exchange What is the difference between nappe and thrust sheet? The titles of many geology articles contain words like "nappes and thrust sheets" Basically these are rather similar and in certain languages can be denoted with one term The dictionaries tend to geology tectonics terminology astrsk 61 asked Mar 14, 2017 at 15:34 5votes 1answer 587views
Highest scored geology questions - Page 6 What is the difference between nappe and thrust sheet? The titles of many geology articles contain words like "nappes and thrust sheets" Basically these are rather similar and in certain languages can be denoted with one term The dictionaries tend to geology tectonics terminology astrsk 61 asked Mar 14, 2017 at 15:34 6votes 0answers 33views
Newest tectonics Questions - Earth Science Stack Exchange Tectonics is the application of field geology, petrology, geochemistry, geochronology, geophysics, remote-sensing, modeling and multidisciplinary studies to explains the evolution, structure, and deformation of Earths lithosphere
Is there a piece of upside down foreign crust in the USA? Could be the remainder of a nappe If the top part erodes only a piece of upside down crust could be left over, which seems to have no direct relation to the surrounding rock