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PRONUNCIATION OF FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT

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Fold-And-Thrust belt is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fold-and-thrust belt in the English dictionary

The definition of fold-and-thrust belt in the dictionary is a linear or arcuate region of the earth's surface that has been subjected to severe folding and thrust faulting.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT

fol.
folacin
folate
fold
fold limb
fold up
fold-up
foldable
foldaway
foldback
foldboat
folded dipole
folder
folderol
folding
folding door
folding money
folding press
folding seat
foldout

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT

asteroid belt
below the belt
belt
black belt
brown belt
cartridge belt
chastity belt
conveyor belt
endless belt
fan belt
garter belt
green belt
Kuiper belt
lap and shoulder belt
radiation belt
safety belt
seat belt
suspender belt
sword belt
the black belt
tighten one´s belt

Synonyms and antonyms of fold-and-thrust belt in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fold-and-thrust belt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT

Find out the translation of fold-and-thrust belt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fold-and-thrust belt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fold-and-thrust belt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

褶皱和冲断带
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plegable y de empuje de la correa
570 millions of speakers

English

fold-and-thrust belt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुना और जोर बेल्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أضعاف و التوجه حزام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

диван- и - тяга ремень
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fold- and- empuxo cinto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাঁজ এবং ত্রিভূজ বেল্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rabattable et poussée ceinture
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tali pinggang dan tujahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fach - und - Überschiebungsgürtel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

倍·アンド·スラストベルト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배 및 추력 벨트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sabuk lambung lan sikil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vành đai gấp -và- lực đẩy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மடிப்பு மற்றும் உந்துதல் பெல்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुंडा-आणि-जोरदार पट्टा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kıvrımlı ve itmeli kemer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fold- and- spinta cintura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozkładana i - taśma oporowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

диван - і - тяга ремінь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ori - și - împingere curea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fold - and- ώθηση ζώνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vou - en - stoot band
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fold - och dragkraft bälte
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fold - and- thrust belt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fold-and-thrust belt

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT»

The term «fold-and-thrust belt» is regularly used and occupies the 61.086 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fold-and-thrust belt

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT»

Discover the use of fold-and-thrust belt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fold-and-thrust belt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Architecture of the Central Brooks Range Fold and Thrust ...
The 17 papers presented here introduce results on geological and geophysical research centred largely along a North-South transect through the central Brooks Range of Arctic Alaska.
John S. Oldow, Hans G. Avé Lallemant, 1998
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Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins: From Fold Kinematics to ...
This volumes spans a timely bridge between recent advances in the understanding of surface processes, field investigations, high resolution imagery, analogue-numerical modelling, and hydrocarbon exploration in TBFB.
Olivier Lacombe, Jérôme Lavé, Francois M. Roure, 2007
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Evolution of an Andean Margin: A Tectonic and Magmatic View ...
1001, Buenos Aires C1035ABE, Argentina ABSTRACT The Agrio fold-and-thrust belt is located between 37°S and 38°S latitude in the eastern part of the Neuquén Andes. The belt can be divided into a western inner sector and an eastern ...
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay, Víctor A. Ramos, 2006
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Whence the Mountains?: Inquiries Into the Evolution of ...
Keywords: Belt-Purcell Basin, Rocky Mountains, fold-and-thrust belt, basin inversion, Mesoproterozoic. INTRODUCTION Alberta (Price, 1964; Harrison, 1972; Winston, 1986a; Lydon, The Mesoproterozoic Belt-Purcell Basin (Fig. 1) domi- ...
James W. Sears, Tekla A. Harms, C. A. Evenchick, 2007
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The Neuquén Basin, Argentina: A Case Study in Sequence ...
Tectonic evolution of the Andean Fold and Thrust Belt of the southern Neuquen Basin, Argentina T. ZAPATA1 2 & A. FOLGUERA2 [Repsol-YPF, Finding Team Faja Plegada, Esmeralda 255, of l002, Buenos Aires Cl035ABE, A rgentina ...
Gonzalo D. Veiga, 2005
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Kinematic Evolution and Structural Styles of Fold-and-thrust ...
1) shows the characteristic features of a foreland fold-and-thrust belt dominated by thin-skinned tectonics (Ribeiro & Silva 1983; Silva et al. 1990). This zone shows a general SSW vergence, being constituted by Upper Palaeozoic low- to very ...
J. Poblet, Richard J. Lisle, 2011
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Geology and Geophysics of an Arc-continent Collision, Taiwan
Extensional faults are found with great lateral extent throughout the fold-and- thrust belt of western Taiwan. Pliocene through present-day shortening in the area, however, has resulted in fold-and-thrust geometries that show a history of ...
Timothy Briggs Byrne, Char-Shine Liu, 2002
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The geodynamics transect of the Alabama Appalachians extends from the Black Warrior foreland basin, across the fold and thrust belt and the Piedmont metamorphic belt, to the postorogenic Mesozoic-Cenozoic strata of the Gulf Coastal Plain.
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Palaeoseismology: Historical and Prehistorical Records of ...
The 8 October 2005 Muzaffarabad earthquake, with magnitude Mw 7.6, occurred in the NW Himalayan Fold and Thrust Belt at 08:50:38 local time. The epicentre of the main shock was located 19 km NE of Muzaffarabad. This earthquake took ...
Klaus Reicherter, Alessandro M. Michetti, Pablo Gabriel Silva, 2009
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Lateral ramps in the folded Appalachians and in overthrust ...
Like frontal ramps, lateral ramps are one of two possible consequences of fold- and-thrust-belt tectonics and are common elements in the Appalachian fold-and- thrust belt. A survey of other thrust belts in the United States and elsewhere ...
Howard A. Pohn, Geological Survey (U.S.), 2000

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fold-and-thrust belt is used in the context of the following news items.
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Magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Nepal
... the India plate translates obliquely relative to the Eurasia plate, resulting in a complex fold-and-thrust belt known as the Sulaiman Range. «YubaNet, May 15»
2
Iran Earthquake 2015 Today Strikes Kashmar
... the India plate translates obliquely relative to the Eurasia plate, resulting in a complex fold-and-thrust belt known as the Sulaiman Range. «LALATE, May 15»
3
Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake in Nepal
... the India plate translates obliquely relative to the Eurasia plate, resulting in a complex fold-and-thrust belt known as the Sulaiman Range. «YubaNet, Apr 15»
4
Geoscientists To Meet In Chattanooga
The city lies along the Tennessee River, among the valleys and ridges of the southern Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt, and within view of the ... «The Chattanoogan, Mar 15»
5
Iran Earthquake Today 2014 Strikes Dehloran
... the India plate translates obliquely relative to the Eurasia plate, resulting in a complex fold-and-thrust belt known as the Sulaiman Range. «LALATE, Aug 14»
6
Mercury, the Smallest Planet, Is Getting Even Smaller, Scientists Say
This image of Mercury taken by NASA'S MESSENGER spacecraft shows a wrinkled line of ridges, called a fold-and-thrust belt, running over ... «National Geographic, Mar 14»
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Creatures thrive in the shifting world of Stone Lagoon
"We're probably one of the only places where this fold-and-thrust belt is on land," he said. "Usually it's off shore." What's happening is the ... «North Coast Journal, Feb 13»
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New theory: Southern Rockies formed by sucking
They are called a “thin-skinned, fold-and-thrust belt,” he said. This is what you get when you push on the edge of a continent where there is a ... «Toronto Star, Mar 11»

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