underdrag
verbDefinition of underdrag
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to exert pull on the underside of (an overlying mass of rock)
: to undergo a pull from the underside
underdrag
nounDefinition of underdrag (Entry 2 of 2)
: the combined tensile stresses exerted by an overthrust rock mass upon rocks which overlie it but are not themselves under compressive thrusting stresses and therefore tend to be stretched and broken by normal faulting
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