Definitions from Wiktionary (obduction)
▸ noun: (obsolete) The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.
▸ noun: (largely obsolete) An autopsy.
▸ noun: (geology) The overthrusting of continental crust by oceanic crust or rocks from the mantle, such that the oceanic crust is thrust onto the continental crust, as occurs at a convergent plate boundary when the continental crust is caught in a subduction zone.
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▸ noun: (obsolete) The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.
▸ noun: (largely obsolete) An autopsy.
▸ noun: (geology) The overthrusting of continental crust by oceanic crust or rocks from the mantle, such that the oceanic crust is thrust onto the continental crust, as occurs at a convergent plate boundary when the continental crust is caught in a subduction zone.
Similar:
overlay,
overplate,
overlier,
absorption,
onlay,
covering,
subligation,
accretion,
overcloak,
subcovering,
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