English-Finnish translations for obduction

Definition of obduction

• The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering
• The overthrusting of continental crust by oceanic crust or rocks from the mantle, such that the oceanic crust is thrust onto the continental crust, as occurs at a convergent plate boundary when the continental crust is caught in a subduction zone

Related words

• obdurate
• obduracy
• obduration