Onlap
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Onlap is a noun meaning (geology) The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.
Meaning
(geology) The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.
More Meanings
- (geology) To form an onlap.
Example Sentences
Elsewhere, many of the youngest volcanic plains units onlap tesserae at crustal plateau boundaries.
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.
Word Forms
- onlaps
- onlapping
- onlapped
Synonyms for onlap
Depending on context, synonyms include overlap.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include succession, allocycle, telogenesis, inlier, younging, stratigraphy.
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