nappe

English - Turkish

Definition of nappe in English Turkish dictionary: örtü; nap; (isim) örtü (yer); {i} örtü (yer); sürüklenim örtüsü; ileri doğru çıkmış yuka
fold nappe: (Jeoloji) kıvrım napı
overthrust nappe: asma örtüsü
overthrust nappe: bindirme/itki örtüsü
overthrust nappe: üstten bindirme/itki napı
thrust nappe: (Jeoloji) bindirme napı
thrust nappe: bindirme/itki napı

English - English

Definition of nappe in English English dictionary: Nappe, the underside of which is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure; a sheet-like mass of rock that has been carried from its original position; The ability of a liquid to "coat the back of a spoon" or the act of coating a food
to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze.; the profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop; either of the two parts of a double cone; In geology, a large body or sheet of rock that has been moved by faulting or folding a distance of about 1 mi (1.5 km) or more from its original position. A nappe may be the hanging wall of a low-angle thrust fault (a fracture in the rocks of the Earth's crust caused by contraction), or it may be a large recumbent fold (i.e., an undulation in the stratified rocks that have an essentially horizontal axial plane); both processes position older rocks over younger rocks; Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point of the portion to any other point of the portion without leaving the surface; Thus, some hyperboloids have one nappe, and some have two