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Slickensides
Slickensides Slick"en*sides`, n.
1. The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a
fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the
sliding of one surface on another.
2. A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
Meaning of Slickenside from wikipedia
- In geology, a
slickenside is a
smoothly polished surface caused by
frictional movement between rocks along a fault. This
surface is
typically striated...
- quartz, tourmaline,
chalcocite and sphalerite.
Slickenside "Glad You Asked:
Glacial Striations and
Slickensides". Utah
Geological Survey.
Retrieved 2023-12-24...
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vegetation grew in a
shape of a crest. He
believed the
Mooshaft to be a
slickenside – two
enormous blocks of
sandstone moved in
opposite directions which...
- 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...
- from Saint-Marcel,
Valle d'Aosta,
Italy Amphibole epidote schist with
slickensides from Benguet, Philippines,
showing epidote lens In
geotechnical engineering...
- be
difficult to
distinguish from
other geological formations such as
slickensides.
Geologists have
various theories of what
causes shatter cones to form...
-
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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Crenulation Fissility Oblique foliation Pressure solution Rock
microstructure Slickenside Stylolite Tectonic phase Tectonite Folding Anticline Chevron Detachment...
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least 30% clay, shrink-swell
cracks and wedge-shaped
aggregates and/or
slickensides.
Pedogenesis Pedology (soil study) Soil
classification Soil
Survey Staff...
- (1976) Dead-Nettle (1977) Mr. Fred (1983) The
Quiet Stranger (1985)
Slickensides (1987) Murder, Mr.
Mosley (1983) (as John Greenwood)
Mosley by Moonlight...
