onlapping

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A form of onlap — The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of onlap
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APA

onlapping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onlapping

MLA

“onlapping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onlapping. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onlapping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onlapping.

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