onlap

English

Etymology

From on +‎ lap.

Noun

onlap (plural onlaps)

1. (geology) The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.
   • 2001 December 14, Senthil Kumar et al., “Earthquake Recurrence and Rupture Dynamics of Himalayan Frontal Thrust, India”, in Science‎^[1], volume 294, number 5550, →DOI, pages 2328–2331:

     Displacement on F3 was followed by continued accumulation and onlap of the fine-grained sands of unit 3 on the footwall and development of soil Qb2.

Synonyms

• overlap

Verb

onlap (third-person singular simple present onlaps, present participle onlapping, simple past and past participle onlapped)

1. (geology) To form an onlap.
   • 1998 March 6, Roger J. Phillips, Vicki L. Hansen, “Geological Evolution of Venus: Rises, Plains, Plumes, and Plateaus”, in Science‎^[2], volume 279, number 5356, →DOI, pages 1492–1497:

     Elsewhere, many of the youngest volcanic plains units onlap tesserae at crustal plateau boundaries.

Antonyms

• offlap

Anagrams

• Plano, Polan, nopal, plano-