# thin-skinned deformation

> style of deformation in plate tectonics at a convergent boundary which occurs with shallow thrust faults that only involves cover rocks (typically sedimentary rocks), and not deeper basement rocks

**Wikidata**: [Q7784242](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7784242)  
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