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AXIAL-PLANE FOLIATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

Foliation developed in rocks parallel to the axial plane of a fold and perpendicular to the chief deformational pressure.

CONT

Foliation, as it forms generally perpendicular to the direction of principal stress, records the direction of shortening. This is related to the axis of folds, which generally form an axial-planar foliation within their axial regions.

OBS

axial plane foliation; axial planar foliation: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Déformées dans un régime global transcurrent dextre [...], les formations sédimentaires sont affectées par des plis en échelon de faible amplitude et par une foliation de plan axial restant dans le domaine métamorphique épizonal.

Spanish

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