Usually means: Movement of one plate beneath another.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (underthrust)

▸ verb:  (geology, of a tectonic plate) To thrust under another

Similar:
upthrow, subduct, underdrag, underlay, subtrude, undercast, underpush, undergo, underlive, undergrow, more...

Opposite:
overthrust, uplift

Types:
backthrust, forethrust, more...

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Similar:
upthrow, subduct, underdrag, underlay, subtrude, undercast, underpush, undergo, underlive, undergrow, more...

Opposite:
overthrust, uplift

Types:
backthrust, forethrust, more...



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