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SHEAR JOINT [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Tectonics
DEF

A joint that is a shear fracture; a potential plane of shear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Tectonique
CONT

Les joints de cisaillement [...] sont des joints fermés, liés à des microcisaillements; leur disposition est comparable à celle des failles en ceci qu'ils forment deux familles perpendiculaires entre elles, telles que la contrainte maximum et la contrainte minimum se situent dans les plans bissecteurs, l'intersection des joints déterminant la contrainte moyenne.

OBS

joint de cisaillement : terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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