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(geology) The tensile stress exerted by an overthrust rock mass upon overlying rocks which themselves are not under compressive thrusting stress and therefore tend to be stretched and broken by normal faulting..
Use underdrag when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Underdrag means (geology) The tensile stress exerted by an overthrust rock mass upon overlying rocks which themselves are not under compressive thrusting stress and therefore tend to be stretched and broken by normal faulting..
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