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Meaning of nappes

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

nappes

noun

Definitions

  1. The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.

  2. Either of the two parts of a double cone.

  3. A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.

  4. (hydraulics) Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.