backfolding

backfolding

[′bak‚fōld·iŋ]
(geology)
Process in mountain forming in which the folds are overturned toward the interior of an orogenic belt. Also known as backward folding.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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