Definition of Obduct. Meaning of Obduct. Synonyms of Obduct

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Definition of Obduct

Obduct
Obduct Ob*duct", v. t. [See Obduce.] To draw over; to cover. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

Meaning of Obduct from wikipedia

- positively buoyant ocean crust from the extension will not subduct, instead obducting onto the island arc as an ophiolite. As compression persists, the ophiolite...
- zone acting continuously to convey (as on a conveyor belt) and emplace (obduct) microcontinents broken from the African slab. Between each microcontinent...
- thrust the continental lithosphere by the help of the volcanic arc. The obducting model: The oceanic lithosphere over thrust continental lithosphere (Fig...