逆断层示意圖断层上盤稱爲推覆體,它遮蓋底下的原地岩体。推覆體的洞曝露原地岩体,為構造窗,推覆體被侵蝕后留下的山峰,稱爲飞来峰 原地岩体(英語:autochthon)是指一塊岩体,位於其原始形成的位置,相對於其基底而言,未經搬移過。[1]而移置岩体至少移動了幾公里。[2][3]。如果移置岩体有一個開口或洞,暴露出下面的原地岩体,這個洞被稱為構造窗。[2][3]
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- ^ 3.0 3.1 Marko, F., Jacko, S., 1999: Structural geology (General and systematic). Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 80-88896-36-3 Vydavateľstvo Harlequin, Košice, p. 81 - 93(in Slovak)