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Definition of Overfold
1. Noun. (geology) A fold whereby the strata are forced through an angle of more than 90 degrees, so that younger strata lie below older ones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overfold
1. to fold over [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overfold
Literary usage of Overfold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms by James Geikie (1898)
"overfold PASSING INTO REVERSED FAULT OR OVERTHRUST. gently inclined or even an
approximately horizontal plane. These great reversed faults are termed over- ..."
2. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Terracotta Figurines of the Classical by Gloria S. Merker (2000)
"77) in the torch at the left side, the high boots, and the long overfold, but it
is larger in scale, coarser in fabric, and more static in drapery style. ..."
3. Athenian Lekythoi: With Outline Drawing in Glaze Varnish on a White Ground by Arthur Fairbanks (1907)
"At the right a woman in partial profile approaches ; she wears a chiton girded
over an overfold and a black mantle which covers the back of her head and ..."
4. Athenian Lekythoi with Outline Drawing in Matt Color on a White Ground by Arthur Fairbanks (1914)
"At the right a woman in partial profile approaches ; she wears a chiton girded
over an overfold and a black mantle which covers the back of her head and ..."
5. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1904)
"The longer limb of the overfold is little disturbed and represents from the ...
In the case of the overfold a small reversed fault is seen which traverses ..."
6. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"See Carpenter, Nike Parapet: Akropolis Museum 14, hem over left ankle, pl.
XXVI; Akropolis Museum 6, overfold of peplos, now broken away, pl. ..."
7. The Derveni Krater: Masterpiece of Classical Greek Metalwork by Beryl Barr-Sharrar (2007)
"The concern of the artist to maintain the drama of moving drapery is apparent in
his addition of a chiton overfold with deeply carved folds blowing back ..."
8. The Geology and Scenery of the Grampians and the Valley of Strathmore by Peter Macnair (1908)
"As a rule, we find in this simple type of the overfold, that the central parts
... This type of overfold is shown in Fig. 42, b. When, in the production of ..."
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