thick-skinned structure

Any large-scale structure, such as a fold or fault, believed to have originated as a result of basement movement beneath overlying rocks.

Related terms:

• thin-skinned structure
• secondary structure
• thick-bedded
• thick-thin chart
• tepee structure
• core-and-mantle structure
• basin-and-range structure
• flaser structure
• imbricate structure
• posthumous structure