In geology, a slickenside is a smoothly polished surface caused by frictional movement between rocks along a fault. This surface is typically striated...
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projection. If a fault has lineations formed by movement on the plane, e.g.; slickensides, this is recorded as a lineation, with a rake, and annotated as to the...
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quartz, tourmaline, chalcocite and sphalerite. Slickenside "Glad You Asked: Glacial Striations and Slickensides". Utah Geological Survey. Retrieved 2023-12-24...
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from Saint-Marcel, Valle d'Aosta, Italy Amphibole epidote schist with slickensides from Benguet, Philippines, showing epidote lens In geotechnical engineering...
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Crenulation Fissility Oblique foliation Pressure solution Rock microstructure Slickenside Stylolite Tectonic phase Tectonite Folding Anticline Chevron Detachment...
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Crenulation Fissility Oblique foliation Pressure solution Rock microstructure Slickenside Stylolite Tectonic phase Tectonite Folding Anticline Chevron Detachment...
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fault plane is a planar feature that may contain linear features such as slickensides. These orientations of lines and planes at various scales can be plotted...
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are packed or distributed. Features such as layers, joints, fissures, slickensides, voids, pockets, cementation, etc., are part of the structure. Structure...
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decomposition; [i like initial] (H, O). i: Slickensides and/or wedge-shaped aggregates [i like slickenside] (B). j: Accumulation of jarosite and/or schwertmannite...
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