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fold and thrust belts

fold and thrust belts is the plural of fold and thrust belt.

Meaning of fold and thrust belt

Noun

fold and thrust belt (plural fold and thrust belts)

  1. A series of mountainous foothills adjacent to an orogenic belt, which forms due to contractional tectonics.

Questions about fold and thrust belts

What is fold and thrust belts the plural of?
Fold and thrust belts is the plural of fold and thrust belt.

Words near fold and thrust belts in the dictionary

  1. folbots
  2. Folbs
  3. FoLC
  4. fold
  5. fold and thrust belt
  6. fold and thrust belts
  7. fold away
  8. fold boat
  9. fold boats
  10. fold down
  11. fold equities

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