Foreland

Definitions

1. A headland.
2. In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

Equivalents

Examples

“Most foreland fold⟳ and thrust belts are linear or arcuate belts of folds and thrust faults that form⟳ a marginal part of an orogenic belt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.”

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